WHO IS LUCIFER?---IS LUCIFER SATAN?

Now for ME, I was always taught that Lucifer was an
anointed cherub, some say an archangel like Michael, but was lifted
up with PRIDE and rebelled against God wanting overthrow God's
throne. Then war broke out in heaven because of this rebellion and
Lucifer was cast out of heaven, the mountain of God and thus became
God's enemy or adversary now known as Satan, the devil, which is also
known as the dragon.

However, just recently it has come to my attention by
one of my readers that bluntly stated on her website that Lucifer is
NOT Satan. I read her study that she had written and looked at some
other resources and found that there were more than just one person
that help this point of view. So I decided to take a closer look for
myself to see which viewpoint was Biblical.

So then, one of the purposes of this study is to find
out if what I have accepted to believe as being the truth, which is
that Lucifer is Satan, a fallen angel, that led one third of the
angels to also join with him to overthrow God's throne, OR if what I
have recently read that Lucifer is NOT Satan.

Let us begin this study in God's word by doing a word
search and looking at the verses of scripture that have the word
"SATAN" in them.

Using the Strongest Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of
the Bible we find that the word "Satan" is found 55 times
in the Bible and the word "Satan's" as in Satan's seat is
found 1 time in the Bible making a total of 56 times. I will not
quote all of them in this study, but if you want to read and study
them all yourself you can find the Bible references for all these
verses at the end of this study.

But before we start examining some of these verses let
us take a look at the Hebrew and Greek words that are translated as
Satan to see what these words mean in their original languages.

The Hebrew word that is translated as Satan is "SATAN"
and is Strong's #7854. This word means ADVERSARY, ACCUSER, one who
opposes, and slander. As a proper name, Satan, the spirit being who
opposes God and God's creation. It is translated as Satan 19 times,
as adversary 6 times, as adversaries 1 time, and as withstand 1 time.

The
Greek word that is translated as Satan is "Satanas"
Strong's #4566
and
#4567
and
means hostile opponent and is translated as Satan 36 times as Satan
and 1 time as Satan's.

So then, from just the meaning of the word Satan we can
clearly see that this spirit being is an ENEMY of Almighty God and
his creation who opposes, hinders, slanders and accuses God's
creation.

In Revelation 12:7-11 we learn several more things about
Satan. We learn that he is known as a DRAGON, and that OLD SERPENT
called the DEVIL and Satan who ACUSSES the brethren night and day
before God. We also learn that there is WAR in heaven and that in the
last days Satan and his angels will be cast down to the earth and
when this happens he only has a short time left so his wrath will be
greater than ever before.

"And
there was WAR in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the
DRAGON; and the DRAGON fought and his
angels,

8. And prevailed NOT; neither
was their place found any more in heaven.

9. And the GREAT DRAGON was
cast out, that OLD SERPENT, called
the Devil,
and Satan,
which DECEIVES the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and
his angels were cast out with him.

10. And I heard a loud voice
saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the
kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the ACCUSER of
our brethren is cast down, which
accused them before our God day and night.

11. And they OVER CAME him BY
the blood of the Lamb, and BY the word of their testimony; and they
loved not their lives unto the death."

We also see that Satan is the one who DECEIVES the whole
world and has his angels to fight along side with him in this
heavenly WAR. So then, Satan, the devil is our ADVERSARY or our
ENEMY, who seeks to devour us. Please read 1 Peter 5:8,9 which
teaches us that in order to OVER COME Satan we must RESIST him in the
name of Jesus, because the BLOOD of Jesus has brought us victory over
our enemy.

"Be
sober, be vigilant; because your ADVERSARY the DEVIL, as a roaring
lion, walks about, SEEKING whom he may devour:

9. Whom RESIST steadfast in
the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your
brethren that are in the world."

I just wanted to establish this very basic fact that
Satan, the devil is God's ENEMY before we get into the verses in
question that some say teach that Lucifer is Satan and some others
say that Lucifer is NOT Satan. Now some of you may be thinking what
does it matter?

Well if one holds the viewpoint that Lucifer is NOT
Satan, then it can be easily argued that Almighty God created this
being known as Satan specifically for the very purpose of bringing
EVIL into the world. And one could argue that even Lucifer himself
was tempted by this spirit being called Satan, the devil, that was
supposedly created specifically for the express purpose of bring EVIL
into the world so that God could show himself to be Almighty and
destroy the wicked.

However on the other hand, if one holds to the belief
that Lucifer IS Satan, the devil, then one can successfully argue
that Almighty God did NOT specifically create Satan as an EVIL being
to bring evil into the world, but rather that Lucifer by his OWN
choice to become filled with PRIDE sinned against God and therefore
Almighty God is JUST in his decision to destroy Satan and the wicked
into the lake of fire on the final day of judgment.

So then, let us begin by reading Isaiah 14:3-24, which
we see immediately is speaking about a yet FUTURE event.

"And
it SHALL come
to pass IN
the day
that the LORD shall give you rest from your sorrow, and from your
fear, and from the hard bondage wherein you were made to
serve,(speaking
of the day of the Lord and the 1000 year reign of Jesus)

4. That you (speaking
of God's children)
shall take up
this proverb against the king of Babylon
(who we shall see is called Luciferin
verse 12) and
say, How has the OPPRESSOR
ceased (Satan,
the devil is the one who OPPRESSES mankind, which will CEASE IN that
DAY of the Lord, the 1000 year reign of Jesus)!
The golden city ceased!

5. The LORD has broken the
staff of the WICKED (speaking
or that wicked one who is the mystery behind all wickedness, namely
Satan), and the
scepter of the rulers
(plural referring to the principalities and powers and RULERS in
heavenly places).

6. He (Lucifer,
the king of Babylon)
who smote the people in WRATH with a continual stroke, he
that ruled(now
past tense) the
nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hinders (remember
this is yet future when the whole earth is at rest because Babylon is
fallen).

7. The whole earth is at
REST, and is quiet: they
break forth into singing.

8. Yea, the fir trees
(the righteous)
rejoice at you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since you are laid
down (or
from the time you were cast down and bound for 1000 years)NO FELLER is
come up against us.
(or
no one has come to cut us down, no one is come to oppress us, no one
has come against us to kill us or to destroy us)

9. Hell from beneath is moved
for you to meet you at your coming: it stirs up the dead for you,
even all the chief ones of the earth; it
has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations
(meaning that these who were once principalities and powers and
rulers in heavenly places were the INFLUENCES behind the human kings
of the earth).

10. All they shall speak and
say unto you, Are
you also
BECOME weak as we? Are
you BECOME like unto us?

11. Your POMP (or
your PRIDE) is
brought down to the grave, and the NOISE of your VIOLS: the worm is
spread under you, and the worms cover you.

12. How are you fallen from
HEAVEN, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How are you cut
down to the ground,
which did weaken (or
OVERCAME) the
nations!

13. FOR (or
BECAUSE)you
have said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my
throne above the stars of God: I will SIT also upon the mount of the
congregation, in the sides of the north:

14. I
will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most
High.(those
that teach that Lucifer is NOT Satan but rather is the ANTICHRIST do
so because he says I will ASCEND INTO heaven ABOVE the heights of the
clouds, but remember this is FUTURE when Lucifer is CAST DOWN to the
earth during the WAR in heaven. Also note that the earth was
Lucifer's throne BEFORE mankind was ever created.)

15. Yet you SHALL be brought
down to hell, to the sides of the PIT
(speaking of being BOUND in the bottomless PIT for 1000 years. Also
note that the ANTICHRIST and the false prophet were cast into the
lake of fire and not brought down to the PIT.).

16. They that see you shall
narrowly
look(or
STARE in wonderment or ASTONISHMENT) upon
you, and consider you, saying, Is
this the MAN
(now some focus on this phrase of Lucifer being referred to as a MAN
and say that since this passage is talking about a MAN, then Lucifer
CANNOT be SATAN, because Satan is a DRAGON and NOT a MAN)that made
the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;

17. That
made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof;
that opened not the house of his prisoners?

18. All the kings of the
nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.

19. But
you are cast out of your grave
like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are
slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the
pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.

20. You shall not be joined
with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land, and slain
your people: the
seed of evildoers
shall never be renowned.

21. Prepare slaughter for his
children
for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess
the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.

22. For I will rise up
against them(the
children of the DEVIL, the wicked),
says the LORD of hosts, and
cut off from Babylonthe name,
and remnant,
and son,
and nephew,
says the LORD.

23. I will also make it a
possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it
with the besom of destruction, says the LORD of hosts.

24. The LORD of hosts has
sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so
shall it come to pass;
and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:"

Now let us read Ezekiel 28:1-28 and then make some
comparisons between these two passages to see if there is adequate
similarities to conclude that they are speaking of the SAME being.

"The
word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

2. Son of man, say unto the
PRINCEof Tyrus,
Thus says the Lord GOD; Because
your heart is lifted up(PRIDE),
and you have said, I
am a God, I sit in the seat of God,
in the midst of the seas; yet you are a MAN,
and not God, though
you set thine heart as the heart of God:(we
see in both passages that this being is lifted with PRIDE and boasts
that he will be like God and sit in his throne or mountain)

3. Behold, you are wiser than
Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from you:

4. With your wisdom and with
your understanding you have gotten you riches, and have gotten gold
and silver into your treasures:

5. By your great wisdom and
by your traffic have you increased your riches, and your heart is
lifted up (PRIDE)
because of your riches:

6. Therefore thus says the
Lord GOD; Because
you have set thine heart as the heart of God;

7. Behold, therefore I will
bring strangers upon you, the terrible of the nations: and they shall
draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, and they shall
defile your BRIGHTNESS.

8. They shall bring you down
to the PIT,
and you shall die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of
the seas.

9. Will you yet say before
him that slays you, I am God? but
you SHALL be a MAN,
and no God, in the hand of him that slays you. (in
both passages this being shall be brought down to the PIT)

10. You shall die the deaths
of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it,
says the Lord GOD.

11. Moreover the word of the
LORD came unto me, saying,

12. Son of man, take up a
lamentation upon the KINGof Tyrus,
and say unto him, Thus says the Lord GOD; You seal up the sum, full
of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

13. You
have been in Eden the garden of God;
every precious stone was your covering, the sardius, topaz, and the
diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the
emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of your tabrets
and of your pipes was prepared in you in the day that you were
created.

14. You
are the anointed cherub that covers;
and I have set you so: you
were upon the holy mountain of God;
you have
walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.(which
I personally believe is referring to the freedom of traveling among
the stars or suns in all the galaxies)

15.
You were PERFECT in your ways from the day that you were created,
till iniquity was found in you.

16. By the multitude of your
merchandise they have filled the midst of you with violence, and you
have sinned:
therefore I WILL cast you as profane out of the mountain of God:
and I WILL
destroy you, O
covering cherub,
from the midst of the stones of fire.

17. Your heart was lifted up
(PRIDE)
because of your
beauty, you have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your BRIGHTNESS:
I WILL cast
you to the ground,
I WILL lay
you before kings, that they may behold you.

18. You have defiled your
sanctuaries by the multitude of your iniquities, by the iniquity of
your traffic; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of
you, it shall devour you, and I will bring you to ashes upon the
earth in the sight of all them that behold you.

19. All they that know you
among the people shall be ASTONISHED at you: you shall be a terror,
and never shall you be any more."

Now one of the points I would like to make is that one
of the main arguments that Lucifer is NOT Satan is that little phase
in Isaiah 14:16 "Is this the MAN" and REASON that since
Satan is NOT a MAN, then Lucifer CANNOT be Satan.

But did you notice that in Isaiah 14:10 that those in
hell shall look upon Lucifer and ask the question are you ALSO BECOME
WEAK LIKE US.

"All
they shall speak and say unto you, Are
you also
BECOME weak as we? Are
you BECOME like unto us?

And I want you to also take note that if Lucifer was
TRULY a MAN in a LITERAL sense then HOW did this so called MAN fall
FROM HEAVEN? Now to ME, I see this phase "IS this the MAN"
speaking of Lucifer AFTER he is cast down to the PIT to be bound for
1000 years and therefore has BECOME LIKE a MAN that is weak.

Clearly to ME, Lucifer is a FALLEN ANGEL who fell FROM
HEAVEN just like is described in Ezekiel 28:1-28. I first want to
point out that BOTH sides or this controversy between Lucifer being
Satan or NOT being Satan BOTH AGREE that this passage of scripture in
Ezekiel IS in fact speaking of SATAN, the devil. Then I want to draw
your attention to verse 9 where God says to Satan, YOU shall BECOME a
MAN.

"Will
you yet say before him that slays you, I am God? but
you SHALL be a MAN,
and no God, in the hand of him that slays you."

So then, the real issue here is that Satan does not
LITERALLY BECOME a MAN, but rather is brought DOWN and made low LIKE
a man. Keep in mind that we shall judge the angels, which I believe
is speaking of the fallen angels, including Lucifer, which I
personally believe IS Satan.

Now after reading over these passages again I have
realized that it is in Ezekiel that this King of Tyrus, which again
both sides AGREE is speaking of SATAN, was created PERFECT in the day
he was created. Therefore, to ME proves beyond any shadow of a doubt
that SATAN was NOT specifically created for the express purpose of
bringing EVIL into the world, but rather was lift up by his OWN PRIDE
and because of his rebellion to overthrow God's throne he was cast
down OUT of HEAVEN and shall be destroyed.

Anyway, getting back to the subject at hand, just plain
simple common sense should tell you that BOTH of these passages of
scripture are speaking of the SAME being, because logically how MANY
rebellions does the word of TRUTH teach us about where this ANOINTED
CHERUB exalts himself to be God and tries to over throw God's throne.
I do not know about you, but I only see ONE WAR that is being waged
in HEAVEN, which we KNOW without a doubt involves SATAN, the DRAGON
called that OLD SEPRENT the DEVIL. Please read Revelation 12:7-9 and
notice that the word "WAR" is singular as in ONE WAR.

"And
there was WAR
in heaven:
Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon
fought and his angels,

8. And prevailed not; neither
was their place found any more in heaven.

9. And the great dragon was
cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which
deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his
angels were cast out with him."

Now to ME, this matches perfectly with Isaiah 14:12
where LUCIFER because of his pride that cause him to fall FROM HEAVEN
and be cast out of heaven down to the GROUND or cut down to the earth
and therefore confirms that LUCIFER is that DRAGON that was cast out,
that old serpent called the Devil, and Satan, which DECEIVES the
whole world.

"How are you fallen from
HEAVEN, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How are you cut
down to the ground,
(or
cast down to the surface of the earth to make war with mankind until
he prevailed against them) which
did weaken (or
OVERCAME) the
nations!

In
Revelation 12:3,4 we learn that this great red dragon known as Satan
the Devil DREW one third of the STARS from heaven and cast them to
the ground.

"And
there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great
red dragon,
having seven
heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.

4. And his tail DREW the
third part of the STARS of HEAVEN, and did cast them to the earth:
and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be
delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born."

Now the word "STARS" in the Bible can refer to
both the literal stars in outer space and the ANGELS of HEAVEN.
Obviously it seems pretty illogical that literally one third of all
the stars of the entire universe are going to be cast down to the
earth. Just consider the fiery star that is nearest to us, the sun
being cast down to the earth. No to ME, it is obvious that the word
"STARS" here is speaking of the ANGELS in HEAVEN that
Lucifer the anointed cherub drew or deceived into following him in a
rebellion to take over God's throne and therefore become the Almighty
God himself.

Some have claimed that the STARS are one third of
Israel, because of the crown of stars on the woman's head in
Revelation 12:1, which according to Genesis 37:9 refer to Israel.

"And
he (Joseph
the TWELVTH STAR)
dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said,
Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the
sun and the moon and the eleven STARS
made obeisance to me (the
TWELVTH STAR)."

Revelation
12:1

"And there appeared a
great wonder in heaven; a WOMAN clothed with the
sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve
stars:"

Joseph and his brothers make a total of twelve STARS,
which make up ISRAEL. So to ME, I see this woman in Revelation
chapter twelve as being Israel. Also notice that these STARS were
cast out of HEAVEN to the earth. Therefore I my self conclude that
the STARS are definitely speaking of the FALLEN ANGELS that fight
with Satan the dragon that made WAR in HEAVEN.

So again all three passages of scripture speak of this
being trying to overthrow Almighty God who is cast down out of HEAVEN
to the earth. And in one passage of scripture this being is spoken of
as an anoint cherub who was created PERFECT. In another passage this
being is called by the name LUCIFER. And in the third passage of
scripture this being is seen as a great red dragon with seven heads
and ten horns known as SATAN, the Devil that old serpent, which most
agree is referring to Satan in the garden of Eden.

Now in Ezekiel 28:13-17 we are told that this anointed
cherub was in the garden of Eden.

"You
have been in Eden
the garden of God;
every precious stone was your covering, the sardius, topaz, and the
diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the
emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets
and of your pipes was prepared in thee in the day that you were
created.

14. You are the anointed
cherub that covers; and I have set you so: you were upon the holy
mountain of God; you have walked up and down in the midst of the
stones of fire.

15. You were perfect in your
ways from the day that you were created, till iniquity was found in
you.

16. By the multitude of you
merchandise they have filled the midst of you with violence, and you
have sinned: therefore I will cast you as profane out of the mountain
of God: and I will destroy you, O covering cherub, from the midst of
the stones of fire.

17. Thine heart was lifted up
because of your beauty, you have corrupted your wisdom by reason of
your brightness: I will cast you to the ground, I will lay you before
kings, that they may behold you."

Jesus said in Luke 10:17-19 that he saw Satan FALL from
HEAVEN like lightning.

"And
the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the DEVILS
are subject unto us through your name.

18. And he said unto them, I
beheld Satan as lightning FALL from HEAVEN.

19. Behold, I give unto you
power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of
the ENEMY: and nothing shall by any means hurt you."

So
then,
what we know for sure with absolute BIBLICAL assurance is that in
Isaiah 14:3-14 we see this being being spoken to as the king
of Babylon
in verses 3 and 4 about a FUTURE event that he will FALL FROM HEAVEN
in that DAY, which I believe is speaking of the DAY of the Lord.

"3.
And it
SHALL come to pass IN the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from
your sorrow, and from your fear, and from the hard bondage wherein
you were made to serve,

4. That you shall take up
this proverb against the king
of Babylon,
and say, How has the oppressor
ceased! The golden city ceased!"

Then later in this same passage of scripture in verses
12 through 14 we see that the writer is still speaking to this SAME
king of Babylon and we see that this king of Babylon is called by the
name LUCIFER who is the one who exalted himself because of PRIDE and
FELL from HEAVEN as a result of his rebellion against God to try and
take over his throne, but is brought down to the PIT, which I believe
is speaking of when Satan is bound IN the DAY of the Lord for 1000
years.

"12. How are you FALLEN
FROM HEAVEN,
O Lucifer, son of the morning! How are you cut
down to the ground,(or
how are you cast out of heaven down to the earth?)
which did weaken the nations!

13. For you have said in your
heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the
stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in
the sides of the north:

14. I will ascend above the
heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

15. Yet you shall be brought
down to hell, to the sides of the PIT."

So then, this one called LUCIFER, the king of Babylon
will FALL from HEAVEN and be brought down to the PIT IN the DAY when
God's people are at rest, which I believe is speaking of the 1000
year reign of Jesus and the events immediately preceding it.

Now if we COMPARE what we found here in Isaiah chapter
14 to what we read in Ezekiel 28:1-19 we find in verses 12 through 17
that the writer is speaking to the king of Tyrus as opposed to the
king of Babylon, but basically the SAME thing happens to this being
being addressed to as the king of Tyrus. In other words, this king of
Tyrus who is described as an anointed cherub that covers that has
been lifted up or becomes filled with POMP and PRIDE and FELL FROM
HEAVEN as a result of saying he is God.

"12.
Son of man,
take up a lamentation upon the king
of Tyrus,
and say unto him, Thus says the Lord GOD; You seal up the sum, full
of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

13. You
have been in Eden the garden of God;
every precious stone was your covering, the sardius, topaz, and the
diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the
emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets
and of your pipes was prepared in you in the day that you were
created.

14. You are the anointed
cherub that covers; and I have set you so: you were upon the holy
mountain of God; you have walked up and down in the midst of the
stones of fire.

15. You were perfect in your
ways from the day that you were created, till iniquity was found in
you.

16. By the multitude of your
merchandise they have filled the midst of you with violence, and you
have sinned: therefore I
WILL cast you as profane out of the mountain of God:(which
is in the third HEAVEN. In other words, this king of Tyrus because of
his pride and saying that he is God is CAST out of HEAVEN down to the
GROUND or cast down to the earth.)
and I will destroy you, O covering cherub, from the midst of the
stones of fire.

17. Thine heart was lifted
up because of
your beauty, you have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your
brightness: I
will cast you to the ground,
I will lay you before kings, that they may behold you."

Now
if we back up to verse 8 and 9 the writer is addressing the PRINCE of
Tyrus as oppose to the KING of Tyrus and we see that because this
prince of Tyrus exalts himself as being God that he shall be brought
down to the PIT.

"They
shall bring you down to the PIT,
and you shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of
the seas.

9.
Will you yet say before him that slays you, I am God? but you shall
be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slays you."

So to ME, there are a lot of similarities between these
two passages of scripture, but before we draw any definite
conclusions let us take another look at Revelation chapter 12 where
we read about this WAR in HEAVEN that is being waged between SATAN
and Almighty God.

In Revelation 12:7,8 we read where during the climax of
this WAR in HEAVEN where Satan and his angels are CAST OUT of HEAVEN
down to the earth, that is to say they are cast down to the GROUND.

"And
there was WAR in HEAVEN: Michael and his angels fought against the
dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

8. And prevailed not; neither
was their place found any more in HEAVEN.

9. And the great dragon was
CAST OUT, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which
deceives the whole world: he (SATAN)
was CAST OUT
(of HEAVEN)
into the earth (or
cast down to the GROUND and then later cast down INTO the belly of
the earth known as the PIT of hell),
and his angels were cast out with him."

Again the question that I am compelled to ask is just
how MANY beings are there in the Bible that are lifted up with PRIDE
and rebel against God making themselves to be God, who make WAR with
Almighty God to try to take over his throne?

Now to ME, the LOGICAL answer is just ONE being, which
we all know as SATAN, the Devil. Therefore to ME, LUCIFER, when he
himself made the choice to WAR against God to take over God's throne
and be God himself, then BECAME God's ENEMY and was NOT created from
the very beginning as a DESTROYER, DECEIVER, LIAR, ACCUSER, SLANDER,
OPPRESSOR and ADVERSARY of God and mankind. But RATHER was created
PERFECT in all his ways from the very beginning and was lifted up by
his own pride in his beauty and brightness.

One of the things that I see that may be a stumbling
block to those who believe that Lucifer is NOT Satan is that they do
not fully understand the TRUTH that Satan and his fallen angels are
the ones who rule over this world system as the principalities and
powers. Please read Ephesians 6:12, which teaches us that we do not
war against our fellow man, but rather our war is with Satan and his
eveil spirits.

"For
we wrestle NOT against flesh and blood, but against principalities,
against powers, against
the RULERS of the darkness of this world,
against spiritual wickedness in high places."

Other translations say against rulers and spiritual
wickedness in HEAVENLY places or HEAVENLY realms. In other words,
there is more than just ONE HEAVEN. The Bible speaks of THREE
HEAVENS. Paul says in 2 Corinthians 12:2 that he was caught up to the
THIRD HEAVEN.

"I knew a man in Christ
above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or
whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knows ;) such an one
caught up to the THIRD HEAVEN."

Now I personally believe that the THIRD HEAVEN in the
realm is where the THRONE of Almighty God is situated. The first
heaven is our own atmosphere where the clouds reside. and the second
heaven is outer space where the stars and planet reside.

Remember that one of the main arguments for Lucifer NOT
being Satan was that he was concluded to be a MAN because of the
phrase "Is this the MAN who made the the nations tremble?"

However, when read in CONTEXT it can clearly be seen
that Lucifer is NOT a MAN, because he FELL or was cast OUT of HEAVEN.
So I have to ask myself the question WHEN is MAN ever CAST OUT of
HEAVEN? Therefore since I myself cannot find anywhere in the Bible
where MAN falls or is cast OUT of HEAVEN, then I must conclude that
Lucifer is NOT a MAN, but rather is the FALLEN ANGEL called Lucifer
who was cast out of HEAVEN down to the ground or down to the earth
just like we are told in Revelation chapter 12.

Here is Isaiah 14: one more time.

"How are you fallen FROM
HEAVEN, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How are you cut DOWN to the
GROUND, which did weaken the nations!

13. For you have said in your
heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my
throne(speaking
of Satan's ruler ship or being the god of this world system) above
the stars of God: I will SIT also upon the mount of the congregation,
in the sides of the north (speaking
of God;s THRONE):

14. I
will ASCEND ABOVE the heights of the clouds;
(you
see right now Satan and his fallen angels are RULING in the FIRST
heaven, that is to say, they are no longer aloud the freedom to walk
or travel among the stones of fire, which I believe is speaking about
interstellar travel throughout the universe. This right was taken
away from Lucifer when he rebelled against God to take over his
throne.) I will
be like the most High.

15. Yet you shalt be brought
down to hell, to the sides of the PIT.

16. They that see you shall
narrowly look upon you (or
shall stare at you in astonishment),
and consider you, saying, Is
this the man
that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;"

Now to ME, when read in CONTEXT this phrase "Is
this the MAN" is simply saying "Is this the one who we were
afraid of and who made us tremble? How could we have been so DECEIVED
by this puny weak thing who cause us to live in fear by his LIES.
This in hell will STARE at him in wonderment and astonishment because
they will see Satan as he really is, which is WEAK as a MAN in
comparison to the ONE TRUE and ONLY Almighty God our heavenly Father.

Another area of stumbling for those who hold to the
belief that Lucifer is NOT Satan is that in Isaiah Lucifer is
addressed as the king of BABYLON and in Ezekiel 28 this being is
addressed at first as being the PRINCE of TYRUS and then as the KING
of TYRUS. So since the king of BABYLON fights against the king of
TYRUS, then they MUST without fail be TWO DIFFERENT beings. Then they
quote Ezekiel 26:7 as their scripture to support their line of
reasoning.

"For thus says the Lord
GOD; Behold, I will bring upon TYRUS Nebuchadrezzar king of BABYLON,
a king of
kings,
from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen,
and companies, and much people."

So then what is going on here?
First of all you have to remember that we do not war against flesh
and blood but rather it is the SPIRITUAL wickedness that is working
behind the scenes that are the cause of kings warring against other
kings.

Take a look at Daniel 10:2 where
we see Daniel fasting for three full weeks of for 21 days.

"In those days I Daniel
was mourning three full weeks.

3. I ate no pleasant bread,
neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself
at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled."

Then we read further down in
Daniel 10:12-20 that there are PRINCES of the air or principalities
and RULERS of darkness in the heavens or in heavenly places that rule
over the kingdoms of this world. Now I believe that this realm of
heaven that these WICKED spiritual princes rule from is in the FIRST
heaven or the atmosphere of the earth. In other words, Satan, who is
the king over all these princes of the air, is no longer aloud to
ascend above the clouds to walk among the stones of fire as he used
to before he became the ENEMY of God.

Can you not see that this WAR in
heaven has been raging from the very moment Lucifer first rebelled
against God and exalted himself to have his throne be lifted up above
the clouds of the earth so that he himself would sit on the throne of
Almighty God and be God. Here in chapter 10 of Daniel we see one of
the best descriptions of this TRUTH found in the Bible.

"Then said he unto me,
Fear not, Daniel: for
from the FIRST DAY that you didst set thine heart to understand , and
to chasten thyself before thy God, your words were heard, and I am
come for your words.

13. BUT
the PRINCE of the kingdom of Persia withstood
me one and
twenty days (now
anyone with a lick of common sense should CLEARLY and PLAINLY see
that this ANGEL sent by Almighty God to answer Daniels prayer was NOT
withstood by the HUMAN prince of the kingdom of heaven. So then, in
the SAME way when we read Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28 about the king of
Babylon and the prince and king of Tyrus we should see a physical
human king, but MORE importantly we should be seeing the SPIRITUAL
wickedness that is ruling over these earthly kingdoms.):
but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I
remained there with the kings
of Persia.

14. Now I am come to make you
understand what shall befall your people in the latter days: for yet
the vision is for many days.

15. And when he had spoken
such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became
dumb.

16. And, behold, one like the
similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my
mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord,
by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no
strength.

17. For how can the servant
of this my lord talk with this my lord? For as for me, straightway
there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.

18. Then there came again and
touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,

19. And said, O man greatly
beloved, fear not: peace be unto you, be strong, yea, be strong. And
when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord
speak; for you have strengthened me.

20. Then said he, Know you
wherefore I come unto you? and now
will I return to FIGHT
(or WAR with)
with the prince of Persia:
and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince
of Grecia
shall come."

Remember reading. "Had THEY known THEY would not
have crucified the Lord of glory"? Well the THEY here in this
passage of scripture is referring to the WICKED SPIRITUAL darkness
that is RULING in this world over the lives of human beings
everywhere that are ignorant of their devices. Let us read 1
Corinthians 2:6-8, which clearly teaches us that it was Satan and his
fallen angels that were the INFLUENCE behind the crucifying of our
Lord Jesus the Christ.

"Howbeit we speak wisdom
among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of
the PRINCE of this world, that come to nought:

7. But we speak the wisdom of
God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before
the world unto our glory:

8. Which none of the PRINCES
of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have
crucified the Lord of glory."

Remember the words Jesus spoke over those who were used
by Satan to crucify him? Jesus said FORGIVE them Lord for THEY,
speaking of the ones who actually did the dirty work for Satan and
his fallen angels, THEY these Romans soldiers and the Jews who had
Jesus put on trial, for THEY know NOT what they do. Well of course
they KNEW what they were doing, but they did NOT know that they were
being manipulated by Satan to do his dirty work. They were DECEIVED
by the Devil to crucify the one sent to be their savior.

Now some of you may be thinking well this was God PLAN
all along for his Son to be crucified, and then FALSELY draw the
conclusion that Almighty God created Satan for the express purpose of
bringing evil into the world.

NO, a thousand times, NO. Can you not see my dear
brothers and sisters in the Lord, that EVIL had ALREADY entered into
the world BEFORE mankind was ever created. You see, when Lucifer
sinned against God, then JUDGMENT was made by Almighty God to DESTROY
his and those angels that followed him in his rebellion. Now there
are many things in the Bible that I myself see that have made me ask
the questions WHY? Why did not God just destroy Lucifer right then
and there?

You see, to ME, I have to ask the question WHY? Why did
Almighty God create mankind a little LOWER than the angels? We know
that the student is not above his master or teacher, so then how can
we being mere mortals be BETTER than Almighty God in that WE always
strive to IMPROVE the things we make, rather than go BACKWARDS and
make them INFERIOR then what we previously made them? So then, WHY,
why did Almighty God make mankind a little LOWER or INFERIOR to the
angels which were created before mankind? Please read Psalm 8, which
teaches us that God created mankind and his Son Jesus a little LOWER
that the ANGELS which were already created and that he did it for a
REASON

"O LORD our Lord, how
excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above
the heavens.2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings have you
ORDAINED strength BECAUSE of YOUR ENEMIES (speaking
of Lucifer who is now known as Satan, which means the ENEMY,
ADVERSARY or HOSTILE OPPONENT of God. In other words, the original
ENEMIES of Almighty God BEFORE mankind was created was Satan and his
angels that fought with him to rebel against God. But WHAT did God
ORDAIN and WHY?),
THAT (or
so that, or in order that)you might
STILL the enemy and the avenger(this
word that is translated STILL here in the Hebrew word "SABAT",
which is where we get the word Sabbath. This word means rest, PUT to
an END, to cause to CEASE, to STOP. In other words, to SILENCE or put
to and END the ACCUSATIONS that Lucifer is making against God
ACCUSING God that God CREATED him this way and therefore God had NO
RIGHT to destroy him, because it was NOT his fault that he rebelled
seeing the Almighty God CREATED him as an EVIL being).

3. When I consider your
heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you
have ordained;

4. What is MAN, that you art
mindful of him (or
what is mankind that you are mindful of him)?
and the son of man, that you visit him (speaking
of his Son, Jesus, whom he anointed with his Holy Spirit, so that
later on he could also anoint other of mankind who believe on his Son
Jesus)?

5. For you have made him
(speaking
of both all of mankind and his Son Jesus)a little
LOWER than the angels,
and have crowned him with glory and honor (Jesus
our brother is crowned now and we will be crowned when he come again.
We will be exalted ABOVE the angels at this time to judge them).

6. You made HIM (again
speaking of all of mankind and his Son Jesus, but now this right is
given to ONLY those who BELIEVE on Jesus and who OVERCOME the ENEMY,
Satan the Devil)
to have dominion over the works of your hands; you hast put all
things under his feet:

7. All sheep and oxen, yea,
and the beasts of the field;

8. The fowl of the air, and
the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passes through the paths of the
seas.

9. O LORD our Lord, how
excellent is your name in all the earth!"

Now I want you to stop and THINK about this fro a moment
and let it SINK IN. We all AGREE that God is ALMIGHTY and ALL
POWERFUL so WHY did he need to create a species a little LOWER, that
is to say, INFERIOR to the ANGELS which were already created at the
time God created mankind? Keep in mind that verse 2 says that the
REASON that God created mankind a little LOWER than the ANGELS was to
STILL his ENEMIES that had rebelled against him. Now HOW is creating
an INFERIOR species going to STILL God's ENEMIES?

Here is where some Christians MISS the boat so to speak
and get there theology all twisted up. They take the words "BEFORE
the FOUNDATION of the world" to mean BEFORE God created ANYTHING
whatsoever.

Now for ME. I personally believe that the TRUTH of the
matter is that God ORDAINED that that his SON Jesus to be an INOCENT
LAMB that would one day be SLAIN of crucified before the FOUNDATION
of the world, which to ME, speaks of the RE-CREATION of the world
AFTER it was destroyed in the WAR between Lucifer, which BECAME the
ENEMY of Satan of God and was banished from traveling among the stars
and entering into the throne room of Almighty God from that day
forward. In others words, BECAUSE Lucifer or the Satan, the ENEMY of
God ACCUSED Almighty God for CREATING him EVIL and that it was not
his fault that he SINNED against God, then it became God's burden to
CLEAR his NAME, to STILL his enemies, to PUT AN END to the
ACCUSATIONS once and for all.

But HOW was God going to do this? If God simple IGNORED
these accusations that he himself was to blame for his creation
rebelling against him and go ahead right then and there DESTROY Satan
and the fallen angels what would the angels who REMAINED FAITHFUL and
who did NOT rebel think? What if PRIDE were to arise AGAIN later on
down the road? Would they think, Well maybe God did created us to be
EVIL? I mean, to ME, it is CLEAR that God was considering all the
possibilities that could arise if he just destroyed Satan right then
and there on the spot.

You see, to ME, if you do not answer this question
CORRECTLY and with SOUND BIBLICAL LOGIC, then you open the door to
the doctrine of Devils that speak this SAME LIE, which is that God
MADE me this way. I can NOT help it if I was BORN this WAY.

Yes, that is correct! I am saying that Calvinism or
Reformed THEOLOGY that God ORDAINED and DECREED EVERYTHING, as in,
God created CERTAIN SPECIFIC people to be EVIL and there is NOTHING
that they can do to CHANGE their PREDESTINATION is a FASLE teaching!
This is the SAME LIE that Lucifer used to FALSELY ACCUSE God of
CREATING him EVIL. So HOW was God going to STILL or put to REST this
LIE forever?

So God came up with a PLAN and keep it SECRET from the
FOUNDATION of the world, that is to say, from before he RE-CREATED
the surface of the earth to make in INHABITABLE once again and
REPLENISH it with a new species that God INTENTIONALLY created to be
INFERIOR or LOWER than the ANGELS in order to PROVE to his creation
the angels, both faithful and fallen that he creating them ALL
PERFECT in all their ways and that he was being FALSELY ACCUSED by
Lucifer who was saying that God created him EVIL.

Now some of you may be wondering where the Bible says
that Lucifer ACCUSED God for creating him EVIL.

Well in Isaiah 28:9-13 we see that God hides the truth
here a little and there a little, so you have to put the pieces of
the puzzle together in order to see the BIG PICTURE.

"Whom shall he teach
knowledge? And whom shall he make to understand doctrine? Them that
are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.

10. For precept must be upon
precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here
a little,
and there a
little:

11. For with stammering lips
and another tongue will he speak to this people (you
see Almighty God speak to our spirit through his Holy Spirit as we
pray and speak in other tongues. Yes we speak to God in mysteries,
but at the same time God also speaks to us, giving revelation
knowledge of his word).

12. To whom he said, This is
the rest wherewith you may cause the weary to rest; and this is the
refreshing: yet they would not hear.

13. But the word of the LORD
was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon
line, line upon line; here
a little,
and there a
little;
that they (speaking
of those in verse 7 that ERR in their vision and understanding) might
go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken."

So then, in Ezekiel 28:12-17 we read a couple of times
already that God created Lucifer PERFECT in all his ways in the day
that he was created.

"Son of man, take up a
lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus says the
Lord GOD; You seal up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

13. You
have been in Eden the garden of God;
(so
was Satan, that OLD SERPENT called the Devil in the garden of Eden?
Yes he was, because it is Satan who TEMPTS mankind to SIN)
every precious stone was your covering, the sardius, topaz, and the
diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the
emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of your tabrets
and of your pipes was prepared in you in the day that you were
created.

14. You are the anointed
cherub that covers; and I have set you so: you were upon the holy
mountain of God; you have walked up and down in the midst of the
stones of fire.

15. You
were PERFECT in your ways from the day that you were created, till
iniquity was found in you.

16. By the multitude of your
merchandise they have filled the midst of you with violence, and you
have sinned: THEREFORE (or
for this REASON that I created you PERFECT and YOU YOURSELF have
SINNED against me)
I will cast you as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will
DESTROY YOU, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

17. Your heart was lifted up
because of your beauty, you have CORRUPTED you wisdom by reason of
your brightness: I will cast you to the ground, I will lay you before
kings, that they may behold you."

Now to ME, why would God even bother to make it PLAINLY
known to us that he created Lucifer PERFECT? To ME, it is obvious
that God's name was being dragged through the mud. To ME, it is clear
that the BLAME is trying to be put on God. Why else would God tell
one of his creating and us at the same time that he created him and
us PERFECT? Because since we are created or born PERFECT, then when
sin is found in us we are without EXCUSE. You see as long as Lucifer
could place the BLAME is on God, then it is would be up to God to
prove that he created Lucifer PERFECT. Therefore God created another
being LOWER than Lucifer and the other angels.

In other word's, if MAN, even just ONE MAN, were to live
his entire life WITHOUT rebelling or sinning against God, then CASE
CLOSED, this LIE would be forever put to REST and Lucifer and his
fallen angels could JUSTIFIABLY be destroyed in the eyes of his
creation. Now I can just hear some of you saying, particularly
Calvinist, "God IS God and he can do whatever he PLEASES. God
does NOT have to JUSTIFY himself before ANY of his creation, not the
angels nor mankind". Well then WHY did God NOT destroy Satan
right then and there on the spot? WHY wait? WHY then in the future
when Satan will be BOUND in the PIT for 1000 years and these is NO
FELLER to OPPRESS mankind will God turn Satan LOOSE to DECEIVE the
nation once again? WHY would an ALMIGHTY and all power God need to
keep his PLAN of salvation a SECRET from one of his inferior
creations? WHY does Satan always ACCUSE mankind? Every one of these
questions is answered with SOUND BIBLICAL LOGIC when the BIG PICTURE
is in focus.

Can you not see the BIG PICTURE that mankind was created
to STILL or put to REST the LIES of Lucifer who BECAME Satan, where
the name Satan means the ENEMY of God? You see, it was Lucifer who
was FALSELY accusing God for CREATING him EVIL, but God who said, Oh
no, in the day you were created you were created PERFECT my anointed
cherub that covers. You see, all God needed was just ONE MAN to live
without sin to prove to Satan, the fallen angels and to the angels
that remained faithful the he had created them PERFECT and therefore
God would be justified in his judgment to destroy those who rebelled
against him. So now can you see, had Satan and the fallen angels
KNOWN this PLAN of God, then they would NOT have crucified the Son of
God who was unjustly slain, because he did nothing against God,
therefore Almighty God gave all of mankind was given as a ransom for
his willingness to lay down his life freely for his fellow brothers
and sisters.

If you will just stop and CONSIDER the all the questions
WHY? Like WHY would an ALMIGHTY and all powerful God need to keep his
plan SECRET. I mean THINK about these questions and let them sink in.
WHY is Satan and the devils given a certain amount of TIME before
judgment is executed? WHY is now mankind, that is to say those whose
chose to be wicked of mankind cast into the lake of eternal fire,
when the lake of fire was created for Satan and the fallen angels?

To ME, it is blatantly obvious that God did NOT create
Lucifer EVIL, nor did God create any of mankind WICKED or EVIL. Now
some of you may be thinking, well who is saying that God created
Lucifer EVIL. Or where in the Bible does it say that God created
Lucifer EVIL? Well there are a few verses that certainly SEEM to be
saying that Almighty God created EVIL. And the REASONING of the
Calvinist or the Reformed Theologian CONCLUDE based on these few
verses say, "Since God created EVIL and Satan or Lucifer is
EVIL, then God created him this way and there was NOTHING he could
have done to avoid being EVIL" Please read the study "EXAMING
CALVINISM in the LIGHT of the WHOLE WORD of GOD" for a deeper
understanding on this subject of God supposedly creating certain
specific individuals to be WICKED and there is nothing that they can
do to CHANGE their PREDESTINATION and why this goes against what the
whole word of God teaches. But for now lets us continue this study to
learn more about WHO is Satan? Is Lucifer Satan? And then we will get
into HOW we are to OVER COME Satan the Devil in every area of or
life.

Now some, as I have said before, believe that Almighty
God specifically created Satan the DESTROYER for the very purpose of
DESTROYING and they quote Isaiah 54:16 from the New International
Version to support their theology.

Isaiah 54:16 from the New International Version (NIV)

"See,
it is I (almighty
God) who
created the blacksmith who fans the coals into flame and forges a
weapon fit for its work. And it is I (Almighty
God)who
have created the DESTROYER to work havoc;"

Now as I have said many times any verse when taken out
of context and used alone apart from the whole word of God may SEEM
to be saying something that it is NOT truly saying. Especially when
someone puts THEIR words into your brain by telling you their OPINION
of what a verse means in such a way that it becomes DOGMATIC and
there is NO OTHER way to INTERPRET the verse.

So
yes, on
the surface
this verse, particularly from the NIV, certainly APPEARS as if
Almighty God is saying that he himself created SATAN, which we know
elsewhere in the word of God as the DETROYER to work HAVOC or to do
EVIL.

But what does the CONTEXT teach us? Let us read this
verse in it's CONTEXT from the version that I myself prefer to read
and study, the King James Version. Please read Isaiah 54:13-17 which
is speaking of God's people Israel during the 1000 year reign of
Jesus and the WRATH of God that follows at the END of this 1000 years
when Satan is loosed once again to DECEIVE the nations.

"And all you children
shall be TAUGHT of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of your
children.

14. In righteousness shall
you be established: you shall be far from OPPRESSION; for you shall
NOT fear: and from terror; for it shall NOT come near you.

15. Behold, THEY (speaking
of the nations at the END of the 1000 year reign of Jesus)
shall surely gather together, BUT
NOT BY ME:
whosoever shall gather together against you shall FALL for your sake.

16. Behold (or
look and see),
I have created the SMITH (or
the MAN) that
blows the coals in the fire, and that brings forth an INSTRUMENT for
HIS work (speaking
of an instrument to be used for GOOD or for EVIL; the CHOICE is OF
the MAN'S OWN CHOOSING);
and I have created the WASTER to destroy (or
I Almighty God have created the WASTER or that which DESTROYS for the
very purpose to DESTROY. But you have to ask yourself the question is
the WASTER a WHO or is the WASTER, that which DESTROYS a WHAT? Then
compare scripture with scripture to learn WHAT Almighty God created
to DESTROY Satan the Devil and all who follow his WICKED ways).

17. No
weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every tongue
that shall rise against you in judgment you shall condemn (ALL
the ACCUSATIONS of the Devil that ACCUSES God's people night and day
shall be CONDEMNED or put to REST once and for all time, when God
pours out the FINAL part of his WRATH, which is the ETERNAL LAKE of
FIRE, which Almighty God SPECIFICALLY created to DESTROY Satan and
the fallen angels, but hell has ENLARGE herself, because some of
mankind was DECEIVED by Lucifer to REBEL against Almighty God one
final time at the END of the 1000 year reign of Jesus).
This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their
righteousness is of me, says the LORD."

Please read Matthew 25:41 that teaches us that Almighty
God did NOT PREDESTINE some of mankind to be DESTROYED in the
EVRLASTING FIRE and there is NOTHING that they can do to CHANGE their
supposed PREDESTINATION.

"Then
shall he say also unto them on the left hand (speaking
of those who CHOSE to do WICKEDNESS in the eyes of God),
Depart from me, you cursed , into everlasting fire, PREPARED
FORthe
devil and his angels:"

In
other words, the LAKE of FIRE was CREATED by Almighty God for the
very PURPOSE of DETROYING the DEVIL and HIS angels and for no other
reason, but BECAUSE some of mankind made the CHOICE to REBEL against
Almighty God who made EVERY EFFORT to REDEEM them back to himself has
no other option but to DETROY the WICKED is this EVERLASTING FIRE
that was originally created to destroy ONLY Satan the Devil. and the
FALLEN ANGELS. Please read Isaiah 5:13,14 which teaches us the hell
has ENLARGED herself because some of God's people have REJECTED
knowledge and therefore hath become CAPTIVES of Satan the Devil.

"Therefore my people are
gone into CAPTIVITY, because
they have no KNOWLEDGE:
and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up
with thirst.

14. THEREFORE (or
for this very REASON)
HELL has ENLARDGEDherself, and
opened her mouth without measure:
and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp (or
PRIDE),
and he that rejoices, shall descend into it (speaking
of HELL which shall be cast INTO the LAKE of FIRE at the END of the
1000 year reign of Jesus)."

Please read Revelation 20:6-15, which teaches us about
this WASTER or this DESTROYER spoken of in Isaiah 54:9, which was
created by Almighty God specifically for the PURPOSE to DESTROY and
be and EVERLASTING REMEMBRACE for those who have remained FAITHFUL to
God.

"Blessed and holy is he
that has part in the FIRST resurrection: on such the SECOND DEATH has
NO power, but they (those
who reamin FAITHFUL to God)
shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a
thousand years.

7. And WHEN the thousand
years are EXPIRED, Satan
shall be loosed out of his prison,

8. And shall go out to
DECEIVE the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog
and Magog, to gather them together to battle (and
THEY shall be gathered together, BUT NOT BY ME says the Lord):
the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

9. And they went upon the
breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about,
and the beloved city: and FIRE came down from God out of heaven, and
DEVOURED them.

10. And the DEVIL that
DECEIVED them was cast into the LAKE of FIRE and brimstone, where the
beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night
for ever and ever (remember
when the devils asked Jesus, Are you come to torment us BEFORE our
TIME?).

11. And I saw a great white
throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the
heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

12. And I saw the dead, small
and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and ANOTHER
book was opened, which
is the book of life
(keep in mind that the dead IN Christ Jesus have ALREADY and have
been found RIGHTEOUS):
and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in
the books, according to their WORKS.

13. And the sea gave up the
dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which
were in them: and they were judged every man according to their
WORKS.

14. And death and HELLwere cast into
the LAKE of FIRE.
This (speaking
of the EVERLASTING LAKE of FIRE)
IS the SECOND DEATH (which
remember has NO power over the dead IN Christ Jesus who have ALREADY
taken part in the FIRST resurrection at the BEGINNING of the 1000
year reign of Jesus).

15. And whosoever was not
found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire
(speaking of
ALL the WICKED from Adam to the END of the 1000 year reign of Jesus
shall be JUDGED at this time for their WORKS)."

Please
read Psalm 18:20-27, which teaches us that God will REWARD us
ACCORDING to our RIGHTEOUSNESS and God will punish the wicked for the
reason of their frowardness.

"The LORD REWARDED me
ACCORDING TO my RIGHTEOUSNESS; according to the cleanness of my hands
has he recompensed me.

21. For I have kept the ways
of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

22. For all his judgments
were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.

23. I was also upright before
him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.

24. THEREFORE (or
for this very REASON)
has the LORD recompensed (or
has REWARDED) me
according to
my righteousness,
according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

25. With the merciful you
will show yourself merciful; with an upright man you will show
yourself upright;

26. With the pure thou will
show yourself pure; and (or
more precisely BUT or HOWEVER)
with the froward you will show yourself froward."

In
other words, with those who have chosen to become EVIL God will be
forced of made to show himself EVIL, thus the meaning of the verse
that says I the Lord CREATE EVIL. You see, the word "EVIL"
in the Bible means that which is contrary to God's WILL or INTENT. I
will explain what I mean by this after we read Isaiah 45:7. which to
ME, simply says in other words, The Lord creates and the Lord
destroys.

"I form the light, and
create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all
these things."

But the TRUTH of the matter is that God did NOT
FOREORDAIN for EVIL to exist as his WILL, his INTENT, nor for his
PLEASURE.

Now those that teach Calvinism and Reformed Theology
jump all over verses like the ones that follow that SEEM to be saying
that God IS God and he WILL without fail DO whatsoever he PLEASES.

Ephesians 1:5

"Having
PREDESTINED us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to
himself, ACCORDING to the good PLEASUREof his WILL,"

Ephesians 1:9

"Having made known unto
us the mystery of his WILL, ACCORDING to his good PLEASUREwhich he has
purposed in himself:"

Philippians 2:13

"For it is GOD which
WORKS in you both to WILL and to DO of his good PLEASURE."

Revelation 4:11

"You are worthy, O Lord,
to receive glory and honor and power: for you have created ALL
things, and for your PLEASURE
they are and were CREATED."

Then the Calvinist and the Reformed Theologian will
REASON and CONCLUDE with his or her TUNNEL vision that since God's
word plain that Almighty God created EVIL and that ALL things which
God CREATED are FOR his PLEASURE, then it was and IS God's WILL and
good PLEASURE for EVIL to EXIST, and if God desires to created
certain specific individuals to be SAVED from BEFORE that foundation
of the world based upon NOTHING these individuals do or do not do.
And at the same time also PREDESTINES other to be WICKED and created
specifically to be destroyed in the eternal fire and there is NOTHING
they can DO to CHANGE their PREDESTINE destination of hell.

Can you not see my dear brothers and sisters in our Lord
Jesus Christ how one ERROR in CORRECT interpretation can lead to
GROSS misinterpretation of the scripture in other areas? So if you
truly believe with all your heart that Almighty God created Lucifer
or Satan EVIL, and you CONTINUE along this line of FALSE reasoning,
then you will have to conclude what the Calvinist and the Reform
Theologians believe and teach.

Prayerful I believe you are hear because you are seeking
the TRUTH. So then, is this ALL the word of TRUTH has to says about
WHAT PLEASES God or what brings God PLEASURE. All the above verses
are subject to INTERPRETATION, but this following verse CLEARLY and
PLAINLY spells out WHAT does NOT bring Almighty God PLEASURE. Please
read Ezekiel 33:11-20, which teaches us that God does NOT take
PLEASURE in the death or the DESTRUCTION of the WICKED, but rather
PLEADS with them to TURN from their wicked WAYS, because God has
DECREED and ORDAINED that all of mankind be JUDGE according to their
WAYS. So then, if your WAY is RIGHTEOUSNESS you will LIE and receive
the reward of ETERNAL LIFE. BUT if you choose for yourself that your
WAY to be WICKED and you do NOT TURN from your wicked WAY then you
shall be DETROYED in the lake of FIRE which is the second death.

"Say unto them, As
I live, says
the Lord GOD (it
is as if Almighty God swore an oath on himself, AS I LIVE says
Almighty God),
I have NO
PLEASURE
in the DEATH of the WICKED; BUT
(or but RATHER, or in other words what WILL bring me good PLEASURE
IS) that the
wicked TURN from HIS WAY and LIVE (Almighty
God DESIRE that ALL MEN would NOT perish, but RATHER that ALL men
should have ETERNAL LIFE, so THEREFORE Almighty God is PLEADING with
you who have choose to fulfill your OWN pleasure and be WICKED before
the eyes of God for you to TURN from your wicked WAYS):
TURN you, TURN you from your evil WAYS; for (or
for what REASON is there that is preventing you from TURNING from
your wicked WAYS)
WHY will you die (or
why do you harder your own heart and reject my love for you by giving
you my only begotten Son Jesus to die for your sins in order to
redeem you to my self),
O house of Israel?

12. Therefore, you son of
man, say unto the children of your people, The righteousness of the
righteous shall not deliver him in
the day of his transgression:
as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall NOT fall thereby in
the day that he TURNS from his wickedness;
neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in
the day that he sins.

13. When I shall say to the
righteous, that he shall surely live; IF
(or HOWEVER IF) he
trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his
righteousness shall NOT be remembered; but FOR his iniquity that HE
HAS committed, he (speaking
of the one who was RIGHTEOUS before he committed SIN) shall
DIE FOR IT.
(in
other words, a true born again Christian can be DECEIVED by the
deceitfulness of SIN and fall back into SIN after living years and
years RIGHTEOUSLY before Almighty God and ALL that will be REMEMBERED
is his or her LAST WORK, whether it be a good work of righteousness,
or whether in be an evil work of wickedness)

14. Again, when I say unto
the wicked, You shall surely die (the
wages of SIN is DEATH);
IF (or
IF HOWEVER) he
(speaking
of the one who has chosen to work wickedness, if HE)TURN from
his sin,
and DO that
which is lawful and right;

15. If the wicked restore the
pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life,
WITHOUT committing iniquity (or
without committing sins even as Jesus lived as an EXAMPLE for us to
FOLLOW); he
shall surely LIVE, he shall NOT die.

16. NONE
of his sins that he has committed shall be mentioned unto him:
he has DONE that which is lawful and right; he shall surely LIVE.

17. Yet the children of your
people say, The WAY of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their
way is not equal.

18. When the righteous TURNS
from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he (speaking
of a true born again Christian that fall back into SIN and does NOT
REPENT or TURN AWAY from sinning)
shall even DIE
thereby.(meaning
exactly what Jesus WARNS the CHURCH when he says, Depart from me your
WORKERS of SIN. Can you not see that it will be as if God NEVER KNEW
YOU IF you turn back again to living in SIN)

19. But IF the wicked turn
from his wickedness (even
if the wicked TURNS from sinning the last hour before he dies),
and DO that which is lawful and right, he shall LIVE THEREBY.

20. Yet you say, The WAY of
the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will JUDGE you every
one AFTER his WAYS (whether
his of her WAY be RIGHTEOUS or whether his or her WAY be WICKED,
Almighty God will JUDGE you by your LAST WORK, so do NOT be DECEIVED
by the FALSE ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED doctrine of men)."

Before I get to far off the main topic by continuing
down this road of whether or not God created MOST to be EVIL and only
CHOSE a few to SAVED from BEFORE the foundation of the world, or
whether God's ORIGINAL INTENTION was for ALL his creation to be
RIGHTEOUS before him I want to back way up to when we read Ezekiel
26:7

"For thus says the Lord
GOD; Behold, I will bring upon TYRUS Nebuchadrezzar king of BABYLON,
a king of
kings,
from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen,
and companies, and much people."

I highlighted this verse awhile ago, but got off tract
and never made my point. If you remember, and I am sure those who
teach that Lucifer is NOT Satan have NOT forgotten that Lucifer in
Isaiah chapter 14, verses 4-17 is referred to also as the king of
BABYLON in verse 4.

"That you shall take up
this proverb against the
king of BABYLON,
and say, How has the OPPESSOR ceased! the golden city ceased !"

So
then, we clearly see that Lucifer is
a king of kings.
Or in others words, Lucifer, the king of BABYLON is the king OVER
others who are also in authority. With that being said let us now go
to the book of Revelation chapter and see who else is a king
OVER others.
Please read Revelation 9:11 which teaches us that this ANGEL that
come out of the BOTTOMLESS PIT, and who is the KING OVER these
locusts that also come out of the pit that have a sting like a
scorpion. And the NAME of this ANGEL who is KING OVER these others in
called Abaddon in Hebrew and Apollyon in the Greek.

"And
they had a KING OVER them, which is THE ANGEL of the BOTTOMLESS PIT,
whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue
has his name Apollyon."

The Hebrew word "ABADDON" means DESTRUCTION.
And the Greek word "APOLLYON" means DESTROYER. So then,
clearly to ME, this is speaking of Satan, the Devil, who also known
as the great red DRAGON. Well then, is Satan a LITERAL dragon, or is
this symbolic language? Lets us read Revelation 12:3 and 4 again to
refresh our memories.

"And
there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold (or
take a close look and see) a
great red dragon,
having
SEVEN heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.

4.
And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast
them to the earth (which
we already learn are one third on the ANGEL of God who followed
Lucifer in his rebellion that cause him and his angels to fall or be
cast out of heaven):
and the dragon (who
has SEVEN HEADS) stood
before the woman (speaking
of Israel) which
was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was
born (speaking
of Jesus who came out of the seed of Israel)."

Now let us move on to chapter 13 of Revelation and read
verses 1 through 7, which teaches us that the DRAGON, which is that
old serpent called the Devil, and Satan.

"And
I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a BEAST rise up out of the
sea, having
SEVEN heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns,
and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

2. And the beast which I saw
was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and
his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and
the DRAGON gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

3. And I saw ONE of his heads
as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all
the world wondered after the beast.

4. And they worshiped the
DRAGON which gave power unto the beast:
and they worshiped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? Who
is able to make war with him?

5. And there was given unto
him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was
given unto him to continue forty and two months
(or 1260 days, or 3 1/2 years).

6. And he opened his mouth in
blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and
them that dwell in heaven.

7. And it was given unto him
to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was
given him over all kindred, and tongues, and nations."

Now many Bible scholars agree that these SEVEN heads are
seven KINGDOMS and the come to this conclusion by comparing scripture
with scripture and letting the word of God interpret itself. Please
read Revelation 17:3-14.

"So
he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a
woman sit upon a scarlet
colored beast(or
a great RED DRAGON),
full of names of blasphemy, having
SEVEN heads and ten horns.

4. And the woman was arrayed
in purple and scarlet color, and decked with gold and precious stones
and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and
filthiness of her fornication:

5. And upon her forehead was
a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND
ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

6. And I saw the woman
drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the
martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great
admiration.

7. And the angel said unto
me, Wherefore didst you marvel? I
will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carries
her, which
has the SEVEN heads and ten horns.

8. The BEAST that you SAW
was, and is not; and shall ASCEND out of the BOTTOMLESS, and go
into perdition:
and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not
written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when
they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

9. And
here is the mind which has wisdom.
The SEVEN heads are seven mountains (the
word "mountain" in the Bible is sometimes used as symbolism
for KINGDOMS),
on which the woman sits.

10. And there are SEVEN
KINGS: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come;
and when he comes, he must continue a short space.

11. And the beast that was,
and is not, even he is the EIGHT, and is OF the SEVEN, and
goes into perdition.

12. And the ten horns which
you saw are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but
receive power as kings one hour with the beast.

13. These have one mind, and
shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

14. These shall make war with
the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords,
and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen,
and faithful."

At the time John wrote what he saw the KINGDOM of ROME
was in power, which fits the phase, "and one IS" meaning
that ROME was the 6th empire of kingdom that reigned in the earth in
that area of the world.

In short the SEVEN heads or the SEVEN KINGDOMS are as
follows:

1st kingdom is Egyptian

2nd kingdom is Assyrian

3rd kingdom is Babylonian

4th kingdom is Medo Persian

5th kingdom is Grecian

6th kingdom is Roman

7th kingdom is Islamic empire that has also fallen since
the time that John wrote down what he saw.

Now remember that ONE of the SEVEN heads. that is to
say, ONE of these seven kingdoms received a WOUND and appeared as if
it died or was completely put down forever, but later we learn that
this deadly would was HEALED. In other words, there is coming an
EIGTH kingdom that is OF the SEVEN, which I personally believe is
speaking of the RISING AGAIN of the ISLAMIC empire. Just do a Google
search on the fall of the Ottoman empire or go to my YouTube channel
AMATTEROFTRUTH and view all the videos I have posted on this subject
of ISLAM being the MARK of the BEAST.

So then, to ME, the

8th kingdom is Islam, which will at first come in
PEACABLY, which clearly we have seen the world speak how Islam is a
religion of PEACE!

But when they say PEACE, PEACE, then sudden destruction
shall come upon them. I have heard those in other countries make
comments like How can one make WAR with Islam? In other words, every
last Muslim would have to be killed in order to be victorious over
Islam, and this is not going to happen by the hand of man.

My point is this, to ME, Satan is NOT a LITERAL DRAGON,
but rather is a FALLEN ANGEL that RULES as a king over the other
fallen angels in the atmosphere of the earth.

It is Satan who RULES and INFLUENCES the sons of
PERDITION. Let's take a look at how Judas became a son of PERDITION.
Jesus call Judas a son of PERDITION in John 17:12.

"While I was with them
in the world, I kept them in your name: those that you gave me I have
kept, and none of them is lost, but the son
of perdition;
that the scripture might be fulfilled."

Now HOW did Judas become a son of perdition? Please read
John 13:21-27, which CLEARLY shows us that Satan ENTERED INTO Judas
Iscariot and Judas became the son of PERDITION.

"When Jesus had thus
said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.

22. Then the disciples looked
one on another, doubting of whom he spake.

23. Now there was leaning on
Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.

24. Simon Peter therefore
beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he
spake.

25. He then lying on Jesus'
breast said unto him, Lord, who is it?

26. Jesus answered, He it is,
to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had
dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.

27. And after the sop Satan
ENTERED INTO him.
Then said Jesus unto him, That you do, do quickly."

We read about another son of perdition, which most all
agree is speaking of the final antichrist, that man of sin, and that
WICKED ONE. Please read 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12.

"Now we beseech you,
brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our
gathering together unto him,

2. That you be not soon
shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor
by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand (in
other words, do NOT be DECEIVED by PREMATURELY be shaken in mind
about WHEN the DAY of CHRIST or the DAY of the Lord where Jesus comes
as a THIEF in the night in flaming fire taking vengeance upon the
disobedient to the gospel).

3. Let NO man DECEIVE you by
ANY means: for that DAY (the
DAY of the Lord when Jesus comes as a THIEF in the night)
shall NOT come, except there come a falling away first, and
that MAN of SIN be revealed, the son of PERDITION;

4. Who
opposes and EXALTS himself ABOVE all that is called God, or that is
worshiped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing
himself that he is God.(This
compares almost exactly with Isaiah 14 that tells us about Lucifer
saying he is God and with Ezekiel 25 that tells us that the king of
Tyrus, which many believe is referring to Satan ALSO exalts himself
to be God)

5. Remember you not, that,
when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

6. And now you know what
withholds that he (speaking
of Jesus Christ and NOT the antichrist as many falsely teach)
might be revealed in his TIME (remember
you just read, and that DAY of CHRIST shall NOT come UNTIL TWO things
happen FIRST).

7. For the mystery of
iniquity does ALREADY work: only he (speaking
of SATAN) who
now lets
(or HINDERS)
will let (or
HINDER. remember how Satan and the fallen angels hindered Daniels
prayer? Also Satan is the one who INFLUENCES of TEMPTS mankind to SIN
and when one is overcome by temptation and sins, then that sin
HINDERS his walk with God. So then, the MYSTERY that is behind or the
cause of sin that is ALREADY at work will continue to be at work in
this hidden or secret way),
UNTIL he (speaking
of Satan and his fallen angels)be taken out
of the way.(which
literally translates as be cast out of the MIDST of. This compare
exactly with the future climax of the WAR in heaven when Satan the
dragon and his angels are cast out of the earth's atmosphere DOWN to
the GROUND or the earth to make war with the saints and God's people
Israel.)

8.
And THEN
shall that Wicked be revealed(in
other words, it will no longer be a MYSTERY because I personally
believe that at least part of this WAR in heaven will quite possibly
be SEEN. Please read the study "Does the BIBLE speak of the year
2012?"),
whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall
destroy with the brightness of his coming:

9. Even HIM (the
beast that goes into PERDITION),
whose coming is
AFTER
the WORKING of Satan
with all power and signs and lying wonders,

10. And
with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish;
because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be
saved.

11. And for this cause God
shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

12. That they all might be
damned who believed NOT the TRUTH (the
HOLY BIBLE),
but had pleasure in unrighteousness."

Now the BIBLICAL meaning of UNRIGHTEOUSNESS is to do
that which is NOT PLEASING to the ONE TRUE and ONLY Almighty God.

So then, when Muslims KILL the Jews and Christians for
the cause of Allah, while all the while they are THINKING that they
are doing this for the ONE TRUE and ONLY Almighty God of the Holy
Bible, because they teach that Allah and the Almighty God of the
Bible are ONE and the SAME.

However the word of TRUTH, the HOLY BIBLE, teaches us
that this KILLING of God's people does NOT PLEASE Almighty God.
Please read John 16:2 where Jesus is telling us, his disciples, that
the Jews will put their fellow brothers and sisters who are Jew OUT
of the synagogues and KILL them thinking or BELIEVING that they are
doing Almighty God a SERVICE. In other words, ANY person that KILLS
God's people the Christians and the Jews even though they truly
believe will all their heart that they are killing us for the cause
of Almighty God, they are in fact doing it AFTER the WORKING of SATAN
and Jesus will DESTROY then AT his COMING.

"They
shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time COMES, that
WHOSOEVER(which
INCLUDES Muslims killing their OWN family members who confess Jesus
as their Lord and savior, and who also have an extreme HATRED for
God's people the Jews. Therefore WHOSOEVER)KILLS you
will THINK that he does God service."

1 John 3:13-15 teaches us that he that even HATES his
brother in the SAME as being a MURDERER.

"Marvel
not, my brethren, if the world hate you.

14. We know that we have
passed from death unto life, because we LOVE the brethren. He that
loves NOT his brother abides in DEATH.

15. WHOSOEVER HATES his
brother is a MURDERER: and you
KNOW that NO MURDERER has eternal life abiding in him."

Then we read in 1 John 4:15-21 teaches us that WHOSOEVER
confesses that Jesus is the SON of the ONE TRUE and ONLY Almighty God
dwells in God, or truly knows the one true God.

"WHOSOEVER
shall confess that Jesus is the SON of God, God dwells in him, and he
in God.

16. And we have known and
believed the love
that God has to us. God is love;
and he that dwells in love
dwells in God, and God in him.

17. Herein is our love
made perfect, that
we may have boldness in the day of judgment:
because as he is, so are we in this world.

18. There is no fear in love;
but perfect love casts out fear: because fear has torment. He that
fears is not made perfect in love.

19. We love him, because
he first loved us.

20. If a man SAY, I
love God, and
HATES his brother, he is a liar:
for he that loves NOT his brother whom he has seen, how can he love
God whom he has not seen?

21. And this COMMANDMENT have
we from him, That he who loves God LOVE his brother ALSO."

Therefore
ANYONE who KILLS another human being THINKING that the do the ONE
TRUE and ONLY Almighty God a SERVICE is being DECEIVED by Satan the
Devil. And this INCLUDES all those Muslims who HATE the Jews, and
also HATE us Christians who are reaching out to teach you the TRUTH
so that you can have ASSURANCE on the DAY of JUDGMENT.

Now that we have seen that Lucifer IS Satan, the Devil I
would like to continue with the remaining part of this study so that
you will not be ignorant of Satan's devices and will OVER COME him in
every area of your life, because ONLY those that OVER COME will
obtain their reward of ETERNAL LIFE in the world to come.

In this first part of this study you may have noticed
that I emphasized the word OPPRESSOR in the passage of scripture in
Isaiah 14 speaking about Lucifer and the king of Babylon being the
OPPRESSOR. Some of you may already know that Satan is the one who
OPPRESSES people, but you might find some interesting points you may
have never heard before so keep reading I am sure you will be
blessed. Besides it never hurts to refresh our inner man with the
TRUTH of God's word.

Also for you who may believe that it is Almighty God who
CHASTISES is children with sickness and disease to teach them
something get ready for your eye of understanding to be opened to the
TRUTH of the WHOLE word of God.

Let us begin this part of this study of learning WHO is
Satan by reading those passages of scripture where we are taught the
Satan, the DEVIL is the ONE and ONLY one who OPPRESSES all of mankind
and NOT just the children of God. Please take a CLOSE look at Acts
10:38, which clearly teaches us that Almighty God the Father ANOINTED
his Son Jesus with the Holy Spirit to empower Jesus to HEAL all those
that believed his word who were OPPRESSED, or who were MADE SICK BY
the DEVIL and NOT Almighty God himself as some FALSELY teach.

"How
God
(speaking of the one true and only Almighty God the Father)
ANOINTED Jesus of Nazareth WITH
the Holy Ghost and with power:
who went about doing good, and HEALING
all that were
OPPESSED OF
the DEVIL; for (or
for this reason, or this is HOW Jesus healed others. FOR or BECAUSE)
God was WITH him."

I want to make some of these points that I have found
few people make or even see, because of what they have been TAUGHT by
religious doctrine. You see my dear brothers and sisters in the Lord,
the POWER that Jesus had to HEAL the sick was GIVEN to him BY his God
and Father, ALMIGHTY God. I am sure most of you have read before
where Jesus himself said, I can do NOTHING OF MYSELF. The Father IN
me, HE DOES the WORKS that I do. Please read John 5:17-19, which is
when Jesus was ACCUSED by the Jews of making himself EQUAL with
Almighty God, but then Jesus basically say NO you have it all wrong.
I am NOT making myself EQUAL with Almighty God. On the contrary, I
MYSELF can do NOTHING. I tell you plainly it is Almighty God who
lives IN me that is the ONE who is doing these mighty WORKS, NOT ME.

"But
Jesus answered
them, My Father works hitherto, and I work.

18. Therefore
the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken
the sabbath, but said also that
God was his Father,
(and
therefore by simply giving the glory for the healing that he had just
done to Almighty God his FATHER he was ACCUSED of) making
himself equal
with God.

19. Then answered
Jesus (or
in other words, Jesus defended himself against this FALSE ACCUSATION
that he himself was exalting himself to be God of even EQUAL with
Almighty God and ANSWERED their ACCUSATION)
and said unto them, Verily, verily, (or
TRULY TRULY) I
say unto you, The
Son can do nothing OF himself,
but what he SEES the Father do: for what things so ever he does,
these also does the Son likewise."

I want to point these things out to you even though they
may be CONTROVERSIAL and go against what many of us have been TAUGHT
in the mainstream churches, because Almighty God the Father and his
Son Jesus desire US to do these very SAME kind of WORKS that Jesus
did. Some Christians don't even know God LOVES them in the same way
that he LOVES his Son Jesus. Please read John 17:20-23, which teaches
us

"Neither
pray I (your
Son Jesus) for
these alone (speaking
of his 11 disciples),
but for them also which shall believe on me through their word (which
includes EVERY born again believe, so that me YOU);

21. That they (YOU)
all may be ONE; AS
you, Father, are in me,
and I in you,
that they
(YOU and I)ALSO
may be ONE in us (meaning
that WE are ONE with Almighty God and his Son Jesus, EVEN AS Jesus
and Almighty God the Father are ONE):
THAT (or
so that) the
world may believe that you (Almighty
God) have sent
me.

22. And the glory which you
GAVE me I have given them; THAT
(or so that)
THEY (speaking
of YOU and I and ALL true born again believes in Jesus Christ)
may be ONE, EVEN AS (or
in the same exact WAY that) WE
(speaking
of Almighty God the Father and his Son Jesus)ARE ONE:

23. I in them, and you in me,
that they may be made perfect in one; and THAT (or
so that) the
world may KNOW that you have sent me, and have LOVED THEM, AS (or
EVEN AS) you
have LOVED ME."

Jesus came to show us the LOVE of his Father by going
about doing GOOD and HEALING all who were OPPRESED BY the DEVIL. Now
in the same way that you and I are not the ones who are ACTUALLY
doing these works of HEALING, but RATHER it is the Holy Spirit of
Almighty God the Father DWELLING IN us that is the ONE who is
ACTUALLY DOING the HEALING, so it was with Jesus the Son of God. You
see Jesus was not the one who was ACTUALLY healing those OPPRESSED of
the DEVIL, but more precisely is was the Holy Spirit of Almighty God
his God and Father who was the one who was ACTUALLY doing the HEALING
of those being OPPRESSED of SATAN, the DEVIL.

When you see this TRUTH and you let it sink in, then you
will find it much easier to DO the WORKS that Jesus did THROUGH the
eternal Spirit that DWELLED in him. The word of God teaches us that
Jesus even did the WORK of living his life WITHOUT SIN THROUGH the
power and anointing of the eternal Holy Spirit of Almighty God, his
God and Father. Please read Hebrews 9:14, which teaches us that Jesus
the CHRIST, which means Jesus the ANOINTED one of Almighty God, lived
his life WITHOUT SIN or without spot of blemish so that he could lay
down his life as a sacrifice for our sins as a perfect Lamb.

"How
much more shall the blood of CHRIST (meaning
the ANOINTED one Jesus),
who THROUGH
the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot
(or WITHOUT SIN)
to God,
purge your conscience (your
thinking, the RENEWING of your mind)
from DEAD WORKS to (or
in order to) SERVE
the living God?"

In other words, WE, YOU and I and EVERY single born
again Christian ought to be DOING the WORKS that Jesus did INCLUDING
living or lives WITHOUT SIN. We are NEW creatures IN Christ Jesus and
the OLD things are PAST AWAY.

But somehow Satan the Devil has blinded the eyes of some
of us so that he can keep us BOUND, not only with SICKNESSES and
DISEASES, but also keep us BOUND with the mentality that ONLY Jesus
can live without sin. And ONLY Jesus can heal people.

I want you to SEE that YOU my dear brothers and sisters
in our Lord Jesus the Christ have been set FREE from the BONDGES and
DOMINION of Satan, the Devil. Now I may jump back and forth between
being set free from the bondage of SIN and being bound by SICKNESS
and DISEASE, but the main point is that it is SATAN and NOT Almighty
God that binds you.

We already saw in Acts 10:38 that it was SATAN, the
DEVIL who OPPRESSED people with SICKNESS and DISEASE and that it was
Almighty God himself who HEALED these people THROUGH his Son Jesus BY
the power of the Holy Spirit.

Now I want YOU to KNOW that YOU have the SAME Holy
Spirit of Almighty God DWELLING IN YOU, if so be that you are a born
again believer. Yes, EVEN IF you have not received the FULLNESS of
the Holy Spirit as in being BAPTISED in the Holy Spirit or being
FILLED with the Holy Spirit with the EVIDENCE of speaking in other
tongue, YOU as a believer do have the Holy Spirit DWELLING IN you.

The word of God teaches us to be FILLED with the Holy
Spirit and even if you have experience this FILLING or BAPTISM of the
Holy Spirit and have spoke in other tongues and even continue to
speak in other tongues does NOT mean that you are CONTINUALLY FULL of
the Holy Spirit. The word of Gd teaches us that we must STIR UP this
GIFT of the Holy Spirit within us to BE BEING FILLED with the Holy
Spirit. You see, as were WORK the works of Jesus VIRTUE or POWER goes
OUT of us. In other words, we are sort of like BATTERIES that need to
be placed in a charger and be charged back up to FULL POWER in order
to keep on DOING the WORKS of Jesus. If you would like greater
understanding on this subject please read the study "The POWER
and AUTHORITY of the BELIEVER." But for now let us continue this
study so that your eyes will be OPENED to the TRUTH that Almighty God
does NOT chastise his children with the OPPRESSION of SICKNESS and
DISEASES. Please take a CLOSER look at Hebrews 12:4-14, which some
Christians use to FALSELY teaches that Almighty God puts sickness and
disease on his children as a PUNISHMENT or to teach them something.

"You
have NOT yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
(keep
in mind that this is the main topic being discussed in this entire
CONTEXT)

5. And you have forgotten the
exhortation
which speaks unto you as unto children, My son, despise not you the
chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are rebuked of him:

6. For whom the Lord loves he
chastens, and scourges every SON whom he RECEIVES.

7. If
you ENDURE chastening,
God deals with you as with SONS;
for what son is he whom the father chastens not?

8. BUT
if ye be WITHOUT chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are
you BASTARDS, and NOT SONS.

9. Furthermore we have had
fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence:
shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits,
and live?

10. For they verily for a few
days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit,
that we might be partakers of his holiness.

11. Now no chastening for the
present seems to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it
yields the peaceable fruit of RIGHTEOUSNESS unto them which are
exercised thereby.

12. Wherefore lift up the
hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

13. And
make straight paths for your feet,
lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather
be healed.

14. Follow peace with all
men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:"

The thing that I want to point out to you is this. Do
not people in the WORLD get OPPRESSED with SICKNESS and DISEASE, who
are NOT sons and daughters of God in that Almighty God has RECEIVED
them as sons or as his children because they have accepted his Son
Jesus as their savior. Yes of course they do.

So
then since the word of God says that if you as a SON or DAUGHTER of
Almighty God whom he has RECEIVED be WITHOUT
CHASTISEMENT, then you are a BASTARD and NOT a SON or DAUGHTER of
God, then HOW can SICKNESS and DISEASE be the CHASTISEMENT the word
of God is speaking of, because those in the WORLD are CERTAINLY NOT
WITHOUT the OPPRESSION of SICKNESS and DISEASE.

In
other words, the word of God here is saying that Almighty God
CHASTISES ONLY
his SONS and DAUGHTERS, because those in the WORLD as still yet
BASTARDS
and NOT SONS and DAUGHTERS as yet,
because they have not yet BELIEVED in Jesus in order to be RECEIVED
or ADOPTED in as God's sons or as God's children. THEREFORE sickness
and disease CANNOT be the method in which God CHASTISES his children
whom he has received, BECAUSE those in the world suffer from the
OPPRESSION of sickness and disease.

Now some of you may be thinking, well that is your
interpretation and that I am splitting hairs so to speak, bu if you
read the CONTEXT you will see that ONLY those who ENDURE THROUGH the
CHASTISEMENT will bear fruit of RIGHTEOUSNESS.

"7.
If you
ENDURE chastening,
God deals with you as with SONS...

11.
Now NO CHASTENING for the present (or
while you are being CHASTENED)
seems to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless
AFTERWARDS
it (the
CHASTISEMENT)yields
the peaceable fruit of RIGHTEOUSNESS unto them which are exercised
thereby."

Therefore IF you TRULY believe that Almighty God is the
one that sends sickness and disease upon his children as the method
he used to CHASTISE his children, then the next time you are
oppressed with sickness of disease then you are being UNRIGHTEOUS by
going to the doctor and having this SO CALLED valuable teaching tool
removed from you.

You
see, the context of this passage of scripture is speaking of
RESISTING the TEMPTATION of SATAN and ENDURING unto the END of that
temptation and NOT giving into it. Now most of us think of temptation
as being related to SIN, which the word of TRUTH teaches us to RESIST
and the Devil WILL flee from us.

In other words, very few of us see sickness and disease
as being a TEMPTATION, because we see the word "temptation"
as only referring to SIN. But when you see SIN as being a BONDAGE and
and OPPRESSION from Satan, the Devil you will understand better that
EVERY WORK of the devil is an OPPRESSION or BONDAGE. You see, part of
the meaning of the word temptation" is to DECEIVE. Satan's lie
to Adam and Eve was God doesn't want you to eat of the tree of
knowledge, because he knows you will be like God to know good and
evil. So then the tree BECAME appealing to them as something to be
desired.

I remember when I first learned about divine healing I
did not let any sickness in my household. Then one morning I woke up
with the symptoms of the flue and the first thought that came to me
was YES! Now I can stay home from work and stay in bed. At that
moment being sick was very tempting to me, but something on the
inside was telling me that it would be a big mistake to give in and
accept this flue. I wrestled with the idea of satying home for a bit,
then I obeyed the voice of the Holy Spirit and rebuke the symptoms of
the flue in the mighty name of Jesus, got dressed, and before I got
in the car to go to work all the symptoms of the flue had left me.
Praise God!

My point is this, I may have enjoyed the first few
moments of staying in bed, but when those flue symptoms became full
blown I would have been one miserable person. Now if you have never
been taught about divine healing, then you most likely would not know
that you have been given the AUTHORITY in the name of Jesus over
every sickness and disease. Or if you have been taught that sometimes
God sends sickness on his children to teach them something, then
there may have been some DOUBT as to whether this PARTICULAR time is
from the Devil or perhaps it is from God.

The TRUTH of the matter is that if you truly believe
that sickness come from God, then you can never TRULY have FAITH to
believe for your healing, because there will ALWAYS be that little
bit of DOUBT lying to you, are you SURE this is NOT from God trying
to teach you something.

Let us take a look at what Jesus himself taught us in
when he was ACCUSED by the Pharisees of casting out devils and
healing BY Beelzebub, which is another name that Satan the king over
or prince of all the devils. Here is what Jesus says is Matthew
12:22-28.

"Then was brought unto
him one
possessed with a DEVIL, blind, and dumb:
and he HEALED him, in so much that the blind and dumb both spoke and
saw.

23. And all the people were
amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?

24. But when the Pharisees
heard it, they said, This fellow does not cast out devils, but BY
Beelzebub
the prince of the devils.(in
other words, Jesus is being ACCUSED by the Pharisees that he was
healing people BY the power of Satan)

25. And Jesus knew their
thoughts, and said unto them, EVERYkingdomDIVIDED
against itself is brought to desolation;
and every city or house divided against itself shall NOT stand:

26. And (or
so then) if
Satan cast out Satan, he IS DIVIDED against himself (and
therefore shall NOT stand , but be brought to desolation);
how shall then his kingdom stand?

27. And if I by Beelzebub
cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore
they shall be your judges.

28, But if I cast out devils
BY the
Spirit of God,
then the
kingdom of God is come unto you."

Now
Jesus is teaching us in verse 28 that he is casting out devils and
healing the sick BY or THROUGH the power of the Holy Spirit of
Almighty God. Therefore IF Almighty God is TRULY the one who inflicts
and OPPRESSES people with sickness and disease, the God would be
casting out God and thus God's kingdom would be DIVIDED and therefore
would not stand but be brought to desolation.

Can you no see my dear brothers and sisters in our Lord
Jesus the Christ that it is IMMPOSIBLE for God to be the one who
OPPRESSES mankind with sickness and disease, because Jesus and every
believer who has ever prayed the prayer of faith in the name of Jesus
and people received their healing would have DIVIDED the kingdom of
Almighty God.

The TRUTH of the matter is that all sickness and disease
comes FROM Satan, the Devil. Please read Luke 13:10-16, which teaches
us that not ONLY is it Satan who BINDS people with infirmities and
sicknesses, but Almighty God sees it as his OBLIGATION to HEAL his
children ad as something that he MUST do without fail.

"And
he (Jesus)
was
teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.

11.
And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit
of infirmity(or
an EVIL spirit that OPPRESSED or BOUND this woman for) eighteen
years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself
(to
ME, this sounds a lot like arthritis).

12. And when Jesus saw her,
he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, you are loosed from
your infirmity.

13. And he laid his hands on
her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.

14. And the ruler of the
synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on
the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in
which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and
not on the sabbath day.

15. The Lord then answered
him, and said, You hypocrite, does not each one of you on the sabbath
loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to
watering?

16.
And
OUGHT not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham,
whom
SATAN has bound,
lo, these eighteen years, be
loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?"

Now it is CLEAR that it is SATAN and NOT Almighty God
who has BOUND this woman with an evil spirit of infirmity for 18
years, but what is not so clear it that Almighty God sees it as his
DUTY to heal this woman whom his ENEMY Satan, the Devil has BOUND.
Let me explain what I mean. You see, this word that is translated as
"OUGHT" is the Greek word "DEI" which means it is
a MUST, it is NECESSARY, one should, one MUST and one ought.

Just think about this for a moment, any good and loving
human parent would gladly trade places with their sick CHILD, so then
how much MORE is the LOVE that Almighty God has for US! We all know
John 3:16

"For God SO LOVED the
world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in
him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

And we all know that God sent his Son into the world to
redeem us from our SINS, but not as many Christian know that they
know that they know that Jesus bore those stripes upon his back for
THEIR HEALING, the healing of their BODIES.

I want you to take a look at 1 John 3:8, which teaches
us that Jesus came for the VERY PURPOSE to DESTROY the WORKS of the
DEVIL.

"He that commits sin is
of the devil; for the devil sins from the beginning. For
this PURPOSE the Son of God was manifested, that he might DESTROY the
WORKS of the DEVIL."

Now once you settle it in your heart once and for all
that one of the WORKS of Satan the Devil is to OPPRESS and BIND
people with sickness and disease and you see that Jesus came to
DESTROY not ONLY the WORK of SIN but ALL the WORKS of the Devil,
then you will RESIST sickness and disease in the SAME manner that you
RESIST SIN.

Jesus said in John 10:10 that he came for the purpose of
us to have LIFE, and not ONLY eternal life but a more ABUNDANT life
right here and now on the earth in this present world, and that it
is the THIEF, speaking of Satan, the Devil who comes but to do
nothing but steal from us, kill us, and destroy us in what ever way
he can deceive us into accepting as an act of God.

"The thief (Satan,
the Devil) comes
not, but for (in
other words, the ONLY reason Satan comes is)to steal,
and to
kill,
and to destroy:
I (Jesus
in the name of Almighty God on the other hand)
am come that they might have LIFE, and that they might have it
(speaking of not only ETERNAL LIFE in the world to come but also have
life in this present world)MORE
ABUNDANTLY."

Some Christians put off everything that God has ALREADY
provided for them until they die. They go through their entire lives
never see the truth of all the BENEFITS that Almighty God has already
provided for those who BELIEVE. Perhaps no one has ever taught you
anything like this before. If this is the case, then I implore you to
read some of the other studies here at AMatterOfTruth.com such as "It
Is ALWAYS God's WILL to HEAH YOU!" and "PRAYER #1 The
FAITHFULNESS of Almighty God!". But for now I would like you to
take a look at a passage of scripture in the book of Job that some
Christian bring up as their reason why it is NOT always God's will to
heal people and EVEN that it was God himself who puts sickness and
disease upon people. I want you to read just two verses from the book
of Job first so that you can SEE what Job and his wife said about WHO
was RESPONSIBLE about all of Job's TROUBLES. Please read Job 2:9.10,
which says,

"Then said his wife unto
him, Do you still retain your integrity? curse
God, and
die.

10. But he said unto her, You
speak as one of the foolish women speaks. What? Shall
we RECEIVE good at the hand of God, and shall we not RECEIVE evil?
In all this did not Job sin with his lips."

Now Job, his wife and the other four people that came to
visit Job during his time of trouble all thought and BELIEVED that it
was Almighty God that brought, put or sent ALL these troubles upon
mankind. Job's friend's believed that it was BECAUSE Job had SINNED
that Almighty God was punishing or CHASTISING him and all he needed
to do was repent of his SIN and God would heal him.

But WHAT does the WHOLE word of God say and truly teach
on the WHO that OPPRESSES mankind with TRADGEDY, DEATH and SICKNESS
and DISEASE? Please read all of Job chapter 1 and Job 2:1-10 for now
and you will clearly SEE that it was SATAN who smote or oppressed Job
and his family with everything that they suffered.

Job 1:1-22

"There
was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and
that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and
eschewed evil.
(in
other words, Job was WITHIOUT SIN)

2.
And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.

3. His substance also was
seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred
yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household;
so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.(Job
was truly BLESSED of God)

4. And his sons went and
FEASTED in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for
their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. 5 And it was so,
when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and
sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt
offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It MAY
BE that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did
Job CONTINUALLY.

6. Now there was a day when
the sons of God(I
believe is speaking of the fallen angels that rebelled against God
with Lucifer, who became the ENEMY or SATAN of God)
came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among
them.

7. And the LORD said unto
Satan,
Whence come you? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going
to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. (I
believe this is speaking of Satan walking about as a roaring lion
SEEKING whom he may devour)

8. And the LORD said unto
Satan, Have you CONSIDERED my servant Job, that there is none like
him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that fears God,
and eschews evil?

9. Then Satan answered the
LORD, and said, Does Job fear God for nought (or
the has to be a reason WHY Job fears you. Basically Satan is saying
that the ONLY reason Job fear you and does not SIN is that you have
BLESSED him)?

10. Have not you made an
hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he has on
every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his
substance is increased in the land.(
in words Satan is saying besides I cannot devour Job because you have
put a hedge or wall of PROTECTION all around him and all that he
has.)

11. But put forth your hand
now, and touch all that he has, and
he WILL CURSE you to your face.(this
whole conversation between Almighty God and Satan is centered around
the RIGHTEOUSNESS of Job and how God has PROTECTED Job from Satan
because Job maintained his RIGHTEOUSNESS. And in this verse Satan is
ACCUSING God that the only reason Job loves and serves you is because
of all the BLESSINGS that he has RECEIVED from you.)

12. And the LORD said unto
Satan, Behold (or
look and see, or take another CLOSER look Satan),
all that he has
is in YOUR power;
only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So SATAN went forth from
the presence
of the LORD (NOT
the throne room of God as some falsely teach).

13. And there was a DAY when
his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their
eldest brother's house (or
there came another time when Job's children were quite possibly
SINNING as Job had FEARED):

14. And there came a
messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing , and the asses
feeding beside them:

15. And the Sabeans fell upon
them, and took them away; yea, they have slain(the
THIEF went forth to KILL or devour like a roaring lion) the
servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to
tell you.

16. While he was yet
speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire
of God is
fallen from heaven (probably
lightning, a SO CALLED ACT of God),
and has burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and
I only am escaped alone to tell you.

17. While he was yet
speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out
three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away,
yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword (the
THIEF comes not but to STEAL and KILL);
and I only am escaped alone to tell you.

18. While he was yet
speaking, there came also another, and said, Your sons and your
daughters were eating and drinking wine
in their eldest brother's house (again
suggesting that quite possibly Job's children were DRUNK):

19. And, behold, there came a
great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the
house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only
am escaped alone to tell you.

20. Then Job arose, and rent
his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and
worshiped,

21. And said, Naked came I
out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the
LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away;
BLESSED be the name of the LORD (and
NOT CURSED be the name of the Lord as Satan had said Job WOULD DO to
God's FACE).

22. In all this (speaking
of EVERYTHING that SATAM brought upon Job the man that FEARS God and
FLEES for every hint of EVIL)
Job SINNED NOT, nor charged God foolishly." (Now
some who believe that God sends sickness and disease upon his
children to CHASTISE them or teach them something would argue that IF
Job FALSELY accused God for all this EVIL by saying The Lord gives
AND the Lord TAKES AWAY, then WHY does it say here,Job sinned NOT,
nor CHARGED God FOOLISHLY?)

Before
we read Job 2:1-10 I want to address this SEEMINGLY rather good
argument. As with any verse, when taken OUT of CONTEXT and viewed
ALONE and APART from the WHOLE word of God they may SEEM to be saying
something that they are not TRULY saying. The word that is translated
as "foolishly" means repulsive. You see Job was IGNORANT
of Satan and ONLY had knowledge of an Almighty God, so then to Job
and all who lived at that time naturally believed that Almighty God
was responsible for EVERYTHING, both good and evil. The Bible teaches
us that there is no transgressing or sin without the law or KNOWLEDGE
of the law. Plain and simple Job did NOT KNOW Satan even existed.
Also take note that Job did NOT CURSE Almighty God as Satan FALSELY
ACCUSED God that he would do. This would have been considered
REPULSIVE of FOOLISH before God and therefore considered SIN. But in
all this Job did NOT CURSE
God.

Can you not see my dear brothers and sisters in the
Lord, that there is a WAR between Almighty God and Satan? Can you not
see that it is Satan and his fallen angels who are on TRIAL for
FALSELY ACCUSING Almighty God for CREATING them EVIL, so therefore
THEY THEMSELVES are NOT to be BLAMED for their rebellion to take over
God's throne?

This is WHY God created mankind a little LOWER or
INFERIOR to the ANGELS to PROVE to all the angels that God created
them PERFECT in all these ways and that THEY THEMSELVES are
RESPONSIBLE for the CHOICES that they make.

Why else would Satan ACCUSE mankind night and day before
God?

And WHY does Satan and the fallen angels need to PRESENT
themselves before God and then God ask them the question have you
CONSIDERED my man Job who has remained SINNLESS before me?

WHY is Satan and the devils given a SPECIFIED period of
TIME that they KNOW WHEN it will be UP, and in this space of TIME
they are ALLOWED to roam the earth and SEEK whom they may devour and
then have to report back to God?

And WHY is Satan BOUND for a 1000 years and there is NO
FELLER or OPPESSOR during this 1000 years, then God lets him LOOSE
again at the end of the 1000 years to DECEIVE the nations once again?

To ME, it can only mean one thing, and that is that
Satan and his angels are on TRIAL for they rebellion to take over
God's throne. This is the ONLY thing that makes sense to ME as to WHY
God ALLOWS all this EVIL in the world. Let us go ahead and finish
reading Job 2:1-10 now before we get to far off track.

"AGAIN
there was a DAY when the sons of God (the
fallen angels)
came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among
them to present himself before the LORD.

2. And the LORD said unto
Satan(the
king or leader over the other fallen angels),
From whence come you? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From
going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. 3
And the LORD said unto Satan, Have you CONSIDERED my servant Job,
that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright
man, one that fears God, and eschews evil? And STILL he holds fast
his integrity (or
and STILL he has not CURSED me as you have Satan),
although YOU moved me against him, to destroy him WITHOUT CAUSE. (Now
HOW can an ALMIGHTY and ALL POWERFUL God be MOVED to do something he
does NOT want to do by one of his beings that he himself CREATED? But
even if God ALLOWS Satan to oppress mankind with EVIL, the question
of WHY does God permit it?)

4. And Satan answered the
LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man has will he give
for his life.

5. But put forth your hand
now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will CURSE you to your
face.

6. And the LORD said unto
Satan, Behold (look
and see, or take a CLOSER look and see),
he is in YOUR hand; BUT save
his life.(in
other words, I will not allow you to tempt him ABOVE that which I
say)

7 So went Satan
forth from the presence of the LORD, and SMOTE (or
oppressed) Job
with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

8. And he took him a potsherd
to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

9. Then said his wife unto
him, Do you STILL retain your integrity? CURSE
God, and die (Now
WHO do you think PUT these words into the mind of Job's wife in order
to TEMPT Job to CURSE God to his face? To ME, there is no doubt that
Satan INFLUENCED Job's wife to say these words to Job, because it is
Satan that wants so desperately for mankind to CURSE God).

10. But he said unto her, You
speak as one of the FOOLISH women speak. What? shall we RECEIVE good
at the hand of God, and shall we not RECEIVE evil (in
other words Job BELIEVES that it is the Lord that BOTH gives AND
takes away so WHY should I CURSE God)?
In all this did not Job sin with his lips."

For a deeper understanding on the book of Job please
read the study "WHAT ABOUT POOR OLD JOB?" But for now just
know that Job was IGNORANT of the fact that there even was an ENEMY
of Almighty God WORKING in the lives of mankind.

You see the Bible teaches us that things in the Old
Testament were WRITTEN for our EXAMPLES to teach us about the kingdom
of God. So you see from the book of Job we learn about God's ENEMY,
which is what the word "SATAN" means. We use it as a proper
name, which there is nothing wrong with except sometimes we forget
that it means a violent opponent or enemy of God and mankind.

The same is true of the word "CHRIST". Some
Christians seem to think that Christ is Jesus' last name, but the
word "Christ" actually mean the ANOINTED one of Almighty
God. Christ means Messiah or the one that Almighty God chose to be
the one who God would SAVE or redeem mankind back to himself. Now to
ME, this raises yet another question of WHY would an Almighty and ALL
POWERFUL God NEED to purchase back something that he himself CREATED?
I discuss many of these question in the study called "UNERSTANDING
WHY?" if you would like to go deeper in this subject, but for
now I just want to point out that at least ONE of the very reasons
the book of Job was written was to teach us that Almighty God is NOT
the ONLY INFLUENCE in the earth.

Some scholars believe that the book of Job was the very
FIRST book of the Bible that was written, even BEFORE the book of
Genesis. To ME, this would make sense, but even in Genesis we see
that old serpent called the Devil and Satan or Devil and ENEMY of God
who is the one who TEMPTS mankind to REBEL against God with a LIE or
DECEPTION.

You see, HOW could one KNOW something is DESIRABLE if
one has NEVER EXPERIENCED it before. Some Christians want to blame
the Devil for EVERYTHING while leaving themselves out of taking any
responsibility. And other Christians want to blame themselves for
EVERYTHING not even putting Satan in the picture at all. And yet
other Christians place the ALL the BLAME on Almighty God just like
Lucifer saying that God CREATED us this way, or that we were BORN
this way and there is NOTHING we can do ourselves to CHANGE they way
we were BORN.

But the TRUTH of the matter is that God CREATED us
PERFECT in all our ways, and God's ORIGINAL INTENT is for mankind to
continue to live PERFECT before him. However God KNEW that his
VIOLENT OPPONENT or ADVERSARY the Devil would NOT abide by the rules
that God established BEFORE he every created mankind to prove to
Satan and the fallen angels that he created them perfect in all that
ways, so therefore he has ever right to destroy them. And KNOWING his
ADVERSARY God formed a PLACE of raising up a MAN from among mankind
some day that would live PERFECT before him and DO EVERYTHING that
Almighty God ASKED of him to do and then he KEPT This PLAN SECRET.

So again we see yet another QUESTION of WHY? Why would
an ALMIGHTY and all powerful God need to keep his plan a SECRET? And
WHY would Satan and his principalities of the air NOT have crucified
Jesus IF they have KNOWN God's plan?

In truth Almighty God was satisfied with just ONE of
mankind living before him without sin, and this would have been
enough for God's angels to SEE that a LOWER or INFERIOR being was
perfectly capable of living without rebelling against God so then
they now KNOW without a doubt that they are without EXCUSE and must
therefore take responsibility for their own actions.

So to ME, I personally see TWO INFLUENCES in the lives
of mankind. God on the side of GOOD and God's ENEMY, the Devil , or
Satan on the side of EVIL that wants mankind to be like him and CURSE
God, which would then prove that Almighty God is the one to BLAME and
therefore has no right to destroy him. I also see that mankind is
given a CHOICE as to WHOM they wish to follow. I also see that the
side of EVIL does not always abide by the rules so to speak. God
gently speaks with a small still voice and the side of EVIL
relentlessly torments the mind, until a person cannot discern whether
these thoughts are of the Devil or they are their own.

I want you to read 1 Kings 19:11,12, which CLEARLY
teaches us that DISATERS like tornadoes, hurricanes, tsunamis,
storms, high winds, and earthquakes are NOT ACTS of God, but rather
are PERVERSIONS of nature brought about by God's ENEMY the Devil.

"And
he (Almighty
God speaking to his servant and prophet Elijah)
said, Go forth , and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And,
behold, the LORD passed by, and a
great and strong wind RENT the mountains, and brake in pieces the
rocks before the LORD;
BUT
the LORD was NOT in the WIND:
and after the wind an
earthquake;
BUT
the LORD was NOT in the earthquake:

12. And after the earthquake
a fire;
BUT
the LORD was NOT in the fire:
and after the fire a STILL SMALL VOICE."

Now the voice of the Lord God Almighty will not always
strive with mankind as this small still voice. God has in the past
had his voice THUNDER from heaven to bring FEAR upon his people,
because they had given themselves over to SIN. God doe NOT desire to
be ANGRY nor pour out what to us appears to be words of threat, but
rather they are WARNINGS that are PLEADING with us to REPENT and TURN
from wickedness and to quit listening to the INFLUENCE of Satan the
Devil.

You can see this from the very beginning when God is
pleading with Cain to take authority over this SIN or this INFLUENCE
that keeps hound Cain to MURDER his brother. Gos is WARNING Cain that
if he does not MASTER or OVERCOME this INFLUENCE of SIN, then Satan
will win this particular battle and God will be FORCED or MOVED by
Satan to ALLOW him to OPPRESS Cain, BECAUSE of what Cain DID. Please
read Genesis 4:6-8, which teaches us that SIN, which I believe is
speaking of Satan DESIRES to have us by CAUSING us to OBEY this
seeming unrelenting voice hounding us to disobey God. But Also
teaches us that WE ourselves are must take action and OVER COME this
SIN or INFLUENCE that is compelling us to SIN.

"And
the LORD said unto Cain, Why are you wroth (or
angry)? And why
is your countenance fallen?

7. If you do well, shall you
not be ACCEPTED? And if you do not well, SIN lies at the door (or
the INFLUENCE behind SIN).
And unto you shall be HIS desire, and YOU shall RULE OVER HIM (or
YOU must OVER COME and be MASTER over the one who TEMPTS you to do
that which you know displeases me your creator).

8. And Cain talked with Abel
his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that
Cain ROSE UP (or
Cain was ROUSED UP)
against Abel his brother, and SLEW him."

Remember the ONLY reason Satan the THIEF comes is to
KILL STEAL and DESTROY. Satan the Devil is YOUR ENEMY and he desires
to HAVE YOU, but GREATER is he that is IN you than he, speaking of
Satan, that is in the world. But YOU must JOIN with the Lord God and
USE what he has GIVEN you to MASTER and OVER COME the Devil. We are
CO-LABORERS TOGETHER WITH GOD.

Satan is a LIAR.

Satan is a DECEIVER.

Satan is a THIEF.

Satan is a MURDER.

Satan is your ADVERSARY or ENEMY.

Satan desire to DESTROY YOU.

The good news is YOU do NOT have to REMAIN in DARKNESS
any longer and ALLOW Satan to keep you held CAPTIVE. Please read some
of the other studies that I have written like "The WEAPONS of
OUR ENEMY" "The NAME of JESUS" and "The POWER and
AUTHORITY of the BELIEVER"

Thanks for reading and may the Lord God bless you richly
as you continue to seek the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of God.

6.)
Job 1:12 " And the LORD said unto Satan,
Behold, all that he has is in your power; only upon himself put not
forth your hand. So Satan
went forth from the presence of the LORD."

7.)
Job 2:1 "Again there was a day when the sons of God came to
present themselves before the LORD, and Satan
came also among them to present himself before the LORD."

8.)
Job 2:2 "And the LORD said unto Satan,
From whence come you? And Satan
answered the LORD, and said , From going to and fro in the earth, and
from walking up and down in it."

9.)
Job 2:3 "And the LORD said unto Satan,
Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in
the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that fears God, and
eschews evil? And still he holds fast his integrity, although you
move me against him, to destroy him without cause."

10.)
Job 2:4 "And Satan
answered the LORD, and said , Skin for skin, yea, all that a man has
will he give for his life."

11.)
Job 2:6 "And the LORD said unto Satan,
Behold, he is in your hand; but save his life."

12.)
Job 2:7 "So went Satan
forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils
from the sole of his foot unto his crown."

13.)
Psalm 109:6 "Set you a wicked man over him: and let Satan
stand at his right hand."

14.)
Zechariah 3:1 "And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing
before the angel of the LORD, and Satan
standing at his right hand to resist him.'

15.)
Zechariah 3:2 "And the LORD said unto Satan,
The LORD rebuke you, O Satan;
even the LORD that has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you: is not this a
brand plucked out of the fire?"

16.)
Matthew 4:10 "Then said Jesus unto him, Get you hence, Satan:
for it is written. You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only
shall you serve."

17.)
Matthew 12:26 "And if Satan
cast out Satan,
he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?"

18.)
Matthew 16:23 "But he turned , and said unto Peter, Get you
behind me, Satan:
you are an offense unto me: for you savor not the things that be of
God, but those that be of men."

19.)
Mark 1:13 "And he was there in the wilderness forty days,
tempted of Satan;
and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him."

20.)
Mark 2:23 "And he called them unto him, and said unto them in
parables, How can Satan
cast out Satan?"

21.)
Mark 3:26 "And if Satan
rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but has an
end."

22.)
Mark 4:15 "And these are they by the way side, where the word is
sown; but when they have heard, Satan
comes immediately, and takes away the word that was sown in their
hearts."

23.)
Mark 8:33 "But when he had turned about and looked on his
disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get you behind me, Satan:
for you savor not the things that be of God, but the things that be
of men."

24.)
Luke 4:8 "And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get you behind
me, Satan:
for it is written, You shalt worship the Lord your God, and him only
shall you serve."

25.)
Luke 10:18 "And he said unto them, I beheld Satan
as lightning fall from heaven."

26.)
Luke 11:18 "If Satan
also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand ?
because you say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub."

27.)
Luke 13:16 "And ought not this woman, being a daughter of
Abraham, whom Satan
has bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the
sabbath day? "

28.)
Luke 22:3 "Then entered Satan
into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve."

29.)
Luke 22:31 "And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan
has desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:"

30.)
John 13:27 "And after the sop Satan
entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That you do, do quickly."

31.)
Acts 5:3 "But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan
filled your heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of
the price of the land?"

32.)
Acts 26:18 "To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness
to light, and from the power of Satan
unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance
among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me."

34.)
1 Corinthians 5:5 "To deliver such an one unto Satan
for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the
day of the Lord Jesus."

35.)
1 Corinthians 7:5 "Defraud you not one the other, except it be
with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and
prayer; and come together again, that Satan
tempt you not for your incontinency."

36.)
2 Corinthians 2:11 "Lest Satan
should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his
devices."

37.)
2 Corinthians 11:14 "And no marvel; for Satan
himself is transformed into an angel of light."

38.)
2 Corinthians 12:7 "And lest I should be exalted above measure
through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a
thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan
to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

39.)
1 Thessalonians 2:18 "Wherefore we would have come unto you,
even I Paul, once and again; but Satan
hindered us."

40.)
2 Thessalonians 2:9 "Even him, whose coming is after the working
of Satan
with all power and signs and lying wonders,"

41.)
1 Timothy 1:20 "Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have
delivered unto Satan,
that they may learn not to blaspheme."

42.)
1 Timothy 5:15 "For some are already turned aside afterSatan."

43.)
Revelation 2:9 "I know your works, and tribulation, and poverty,
(but you are rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they
are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan."

44.)
Revelation 2:13 "I know your works, and where you dwell, even
where Satan's
seat is: and you hold fast my name, and have not denied my faith,
even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was
slain among you, where Satan
dwells."

45.)
Revelation 2:24 "But unto you I say, and unto the rest in
Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known
the depths of Satan,
as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden."

46.)
Revelation 3:9 "Behold , I will make them of the synagogue of
Satan,
which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make
them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have
loved you."

47.)
Revelation 12:9 "And the great dragon was cast out , that old
serpent, called the Devil, and Satan,
which deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and
his angels were cast out with him."

48.)
Revelation 20:2 "And he laid hold on the dragon, that old
serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan,
and bound him a thousand years,"

49.)
Revelation 20:7 "And when the thousand years are expired, Satan
shall be loosed out of his prison,"

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